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Jags Drive Time: Thursday, December 3 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: features always on Jaguars dot Com. Welcome in Jack's Drive Time,
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Speaker 1: Thursday morning, getting ready for a game here in Jacksonville
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Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. As we welcome in
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Speaker 1: Vikings team reporter Eric Smith. Eric, thanks much for waking
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Speaker 1: up early with us. Hey, good morning, at and thank
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Speaker 1: you for having me of course. So Eric, let's dive
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Speaker 1: into this Vikings team starting out one in five this
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Speaker 1: season and now in playoff conversation on a winning streak.
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Speaker 1: What change for the Minnesota Vikings that is this quick
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Speaker 1: switch of now starting from one in five to being
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Speaker 1: in the thick of things. Yeah, it's been a weird year.
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Speaker 1: It's been a roller coaster. Maybe that's kind of on
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Speaker 1: par for how has gone for all of us. Um,
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Speaker 1: Like you said, the Viking started one in five and
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Speaker 1: it was not a good start. There were turnovers, the
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Speaker 1: defense really struggled early on, and they locked through the
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Speaker 1: windless Falcons at home in week six to go to
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Speaker 1: one in five just before the in week seven. So
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Speaker 1: the method from coach Mike Zimmer at the buy with, Hey,
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Speaker 1: let's get back to who we are. Let's get back
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Speaker 1: to being a hard, you know, a physical, hard nosed,
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Speaker 1: you know, tough team, and let's let's go out and
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Speaker 1: win some games. And the team did that. They went out,
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Speaker 1: they won three division games in a row in Green
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Speaker 1: Bay home against Detroit and in Chicago, and that kind
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Speaker 1: of got the sales going a little bit in the
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Speaker 1: right direction. But now here we are, we're entering week thirteen.
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Speaker 1: The bike can sit at five and six with five
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Speaker 1: games to go, and it's going to be a sprint
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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. It's gonna be a wild ride, and
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Speaker 1: and who knows what will happen given what has happened
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Speaker 1: so far in all right, eric Um. First of all,
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Speaker 1: Ashland is a South Florida girl, and yesterday we had
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Speaker 1: temperatures in the mid forties and she was cold. Would
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Speaker 1: you please tell her what cold is by Minnesota standards?
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Speaker 1: Cold is by Minnesota standards. My first week on the
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Speaker 1: job here back at the end of the season, we
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Speaker 1: hoped to Seattle in that playoff game, and that was
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Speaker 1: an outdoor playoff game because our new stadium was not
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Speaker 1: built yet, so we played at the University of Minnesota.
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Speaker 1: I had been in Minnesota for I think a week,
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Speaker 1: and the wind chill at that game was minus It
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Speaker 1: was so cold that my phone wouldn't turn on before
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Speaker 1: the game. So I was trying to tweet, you know,
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Speaker 1: I was hot, you know, the new on the job,
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Speaker 1: trying to you know, post the cool stuff. I couldn't
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Speaker 1: do it because it was too cold. Ashley, I know
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Speaker 1: you're listening, so let's just do the math that minus
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Speaker 1: that means that yesterday was only seventy degrees warmer, seventy
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Speaker 1: degrees warmer than that day, So we just need to
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Speaker 1: establish the standard. Thankfully, the Jaguars are playing indoors on
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Speaker 1: Sunday in Minneapolis. Eric. Either way, I look at this team,
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Speaker 1: it appears that there's been two seasons for Kirk Cousins
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Speaker 1: as well. Early on, he wasn't playing up to that
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Speaker 1: thirty million dollar a year standard. But over the last
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Speaker 1: five or six weeks, as you guys have been winning,
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Speaker 1: sure seems Kirk Cousins is the difference. Yeah, he's really
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Speaker 1: played well. And it's kind of timely that we're talking
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Speaker 1: about him right now because about forty minutes ago he
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Speaker 1: was announced to the NFC Offensive Player of the Week
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Speaker 1: for his performance against Carolina. He played great in night game,
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Speaker 1: three hundred and seven passing yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions,
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Speaker 1: and obviously helped the Vikings uh to a game winning
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Speaker 1: drive there over the Panthers. But you are right, it
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Speaker 1: has kind of been a tale of two season for him.
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Speaker 1: And you know, when the Vikings started one in five,
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Speaker 1: Kirk kind of struggled and you know, he had a
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Speaker 1: lot of interceptions, some of them were his fault, some
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Speaker 1: of them were not. But when we went to the bye,
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Speaker 1: he had twelve turnovers that were on him. And since
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Speaker 1: the bye, in the last five weeks he has one interception.
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Speaker 1: Now we had a couple of fumbles, but that's kind
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Speaker 1: of complutty stuff there. But in that one interception he
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Speaker 1: had against the Bears hit off Adam Steel tam So
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Speaker 1: he's done a good job of taking care of the
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Speaker 1: ball when he throws it. And as the tale of
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Speaker 1: two halves have gone for Kirk, it's kind of gone
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Speaker 1: for the team. With a one in five start, like
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Speaker 1: I said, Kirk struggles. But in the last five games,
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Speaker 1: all in November, Kirk has then red hot and the
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Speaker 1: Vikings have won four or five of those games, and Kirk,
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Speaker 1: I think has a pass rating of over one hundred
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Speaker 1: and each of each of those five games, Eric, this
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Speaker 1: team has been really good a lot since you've been
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Speaker 1: there in the last month. Is it playing like what
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Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer would call a Vikings team? I mean, is
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Speaker 1: this up to their standard right now? Yeah? I would
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Speaker 1: say so. And you know, the one person we haven't
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Speaker 1: talked about so far is Dalvin Cook. And yeah, you know,
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Speaker 1: like I said earlier, Coach Number one want this team
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Speaker 1: to be a tough team, a physical team, and that
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Speaker 1: include running the ball, and that obviously starts with Dalvin Cook.
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Speaker 1: He is the focal point of the Vikings offense for
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Speaker 1: even as well as Kirk Cousins has played. You know,
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Speaker 1: in the last month, Dalvin Cook is still the focal
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Speaker 1: point and I think teams know that because they're really
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Speaker 1: starting to key in on him. It's definitely in the
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Speaker 1: last few games. But yeah, Coastmer wants the Vikings to
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Speaker 1: run the ball and then hit play action shot down
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Speaker 1: the field, and oftensive coordinator Gary Kubiak kind of fits
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Speaker 1: that mold really well. And you know, he's had a
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Speaker 1: lot of success in his career, especially back in the
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Speaker 1: nineties with the Broncos winning Super Bowl with Carrel Davis
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Speaker 1: running the ball, and it kind of played right into
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Speaker 1: what the Viking wanna do. They want to run the ball,
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Speaker 1: hit shots on third down, and then play good defense. Eric.
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Speaker 1: I have a two part question for you, why did
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Speaker 1: you trade Unique and gock Way to to the Baltimore
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Speaker 1: Ravens And do you wish you had him back? I mean,
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Speaker 1: it appears at the pass rush that the Vikings have
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Speaker 1: been known for in recent years. Is not as um
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Speaker 1: as present right now for your defense? And do you
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Speaker 1: think there's a little bit of regret that you let
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Speaker 1: a pass rusher go? Yeah, you know, I think that
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Speaker 1: the better question for Viking g m Rick Fielman. You know,
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Speaker 1: I'm they don't pay me. I'm sure it is, but
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Speaker 1: I'm asked me, I don't him. I only have you. Yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 1: that's true. You know, the Vikings obviously made that trade
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Speaker 1: for in Gockway and trading camp and that's when things
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Speaker 1: were still murky with Uh, didn't you go Hunter? You know,
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Speaker 1: we now know he's out for the season. At the
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Speaker 1: time they were trying to figure out what was going
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Speaker 1: on with him. Um, but yeah, I thought it probably
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Speaker 1: five six weeks ago. Now the team traded in Gockway
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Speaker 1: to Baltimore, and you're right, it's not the same pass
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Speaker 1: rush that we've seen in recent years. And obviously having
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Speaker 1: to kneel out has been a big part of that.
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Speaker 1: You know that he's had fourteen and a half sacks
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Speaker 1: seed to the last two seasons every sing Griffin is
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Speaker 1: no longer on the team, so that's the big piece
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Speaker 1: missing as well. Essentially the whole Vikings defensive lines has
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Speaker 1: kind of been revamped a little bit, and it's just
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Speaker 1: a bunch of young guys, honestly, who are just trying
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Speaker 1: to make their way in the NFL. Um The Vikings
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Speaker 1: did sign Michael Pierce in the off season from Baltimore,
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Speaker 1: and he was expected to be a run stuffing defensive tackle,
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Speaker 1: but he opted out in the off season because of COVID.
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Speaker 1: So it's been it's been a wild ride for that unit.
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Speaker 1: It's kind been a wild ride for the entire team,
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Speaker 1: like I said, but you know, they're all they can
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Speaker 1: do with just keep going, you know. And and there
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Speaker 1: they had the moments against Carolina that we're good. They
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Speaker 1: had the moment that we're bad. And it's gonna like
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Speaker 1: I said, it's gonna be a wild ride in the
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Speaker 1: final five games, and every unit is gonna have to
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Speaker 1: step up when called upon. All right, Eric, we got
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Speaker 1: one more for you. So Vikings backed up against the wall,
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Speaker 1: really want to get into the playoffs and play well.
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Speaker 1: On Sunday, we spoke yesterday about the Jaguar side of things.
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Speaker 1: So what are the Vikings said about this Jaguars team
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Speaker 1: coming in there? Obviously on a losing streak, But what
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Speaker 1: have they said about their opponent. Yeah, Vikings Ted coach
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Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer talked about Jacksonville yesterday and he's like, we're
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Speaker 1: gonna have to play well to win. And that's a
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Speaker 1: reflection on Jacksonville. You and I talked about. They've had
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Speaker 1: some close game the last few weeks. They've only lost
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Speaker 1: by a handful of points. But on the flip side
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Speaker 1: of that, the Vikings haven't been super consistent either in
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Speaker 1: a you know, one in five starts and then when
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Speaker 1: four or five, so they've kind of en up and
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Speaker 1: down too. They can't afford to take anyone lightly, especially
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Speaker 1: if they want to make a run for the playoffs.
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Speaker 1: And you know, they have Jacksonville this week, and then
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Speaker 1: they have four games left, all against NFD teams, two
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Speaker 1: in the Division against Detroit and Chicago. The other two
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Speaker 1: are in New Orleans and Tampa Bay, which are very
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Speaker 1: tough teams this year. So it's a Viking do want
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Speaker 1: to get into the playoffs, and if they do, they
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Speaker 1: have to win this game. And Kirk Cousins simply said
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Speaker 1: it yesterday. He's like, we have no margin for error.
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Speaker 1: If we want to make it, we have to win
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Speaker 1: this game. So we'll see what happens Sunday. But you know,
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Speaker 1: the pressure is on the Viking, but you could you
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Speaker 1: could say the pressures but on then the last you know,
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Speaker 1: month or so, and they really responded well, Absolutely, It's
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Speaker 1: going to be an exciting game Sunday in Minnesota. Eric,
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Speaker 1: do not believe what Brian says. I was tough yesterday
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Speaker 1: in the fridgic cold of Jacksonville, and I have made
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Speaker 1: it in unprepared. Eric, thanks so much for joining us
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Speaker 1: I just think that he's you know, he's uh, you know,
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Speaker 1: you've been there, you have experience. He showed that, you know,
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Speaker 1: you can protect the football. He showed that he can
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Speaker 1: you know, make you know, throws, take shots, Um, you know,
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Speaker 1: have some accuracy. Um, you know. So I thought you
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Speaker 1: I thought he played he played well, And I think
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Speaker 1: that you know, he's he's been practicing well and he
12:23
Speaker 1: went in there and played well. And I get told him,
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Speaker 1: I say, hey, you know, we expect you to play
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Speaker 1: better this week. Jun Rown announcing quarterback Mike Glennon the
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Speaker 1: things and we just mentioned it. Big thing one is
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Speaker 1: it's is Mike Glennon the starter against the Minnesota Vikings.
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Speaker 1: And here's the interesting thing. Gardner Minshew is healthy. Doun
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Speaker 1: Ron said that his thumb is a hundred and ten
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Speaker 1: percent according to trainers, but as of right now, they
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Speaker 1: believe Mike Glennon gives them the best chance to win.
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Speaker 1: So we're gonna see what goes on the rest of
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Speaker 1: the season. Will it be Mike Glennon, can he secure
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Speaker 1: the job the rest of the year, or Gardner Minshew
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Speaker 1: sneak his way back in there. But overall, do not
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Speaker 1: forget about the mustache span. Gardner hasn't gotten first team
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Speaker 1: repped in about four or five weeks or what have you. So, uh,
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Speaker 1: it's it's nice to have stump stability of the position.
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Speaker 1: We worked with Mike last week. We thought he did
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Speaker 1: a good enough job, uh possibly win that game. We
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Speaker 1: came up a little bit short, but we want to
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Speaker 1: see how he progresses in Game two and possibly Game three.
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Speaker 1: That'll be up to coach Marown. But the change quarterbacks
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Speaker 1: in every week is not easy for any of the quarterbacks,
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Speaker 1: and I don't think anybody's given up on Gardner at all.
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Speaker 1: I think this is a matter of uh, watching Mike
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Speaker 1: after his first game in three AF years, how well
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Speaker 1: he did. Considering that, UM, let's see what he does
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Speaker 1: in game two. I guess a very good Minnesota Viking defense.
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Speaker 1: You just heard J Gruden mentioned the Minnesota Vikings. We
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Speaker 1: just spoke to Vikings team reporter Eric Smith, and he
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Speaker 1: talked about this guy, quarterback Kirk Cousins. He has been
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Speaker 1: the reason, a big reason that the Vikings have turned
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Speaker 1: the season around. Heavy running team with Dalvin Cook. But
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Speaker 1: even if the defense figures that run game out, you
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Speaker 1: have to worry about this guy in the passing attack.
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Speaker 1: They have a two dimensional offense at times, with a
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Speaker 1: ton of offensive weapons and all those under Kirk Cousins.
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Speaker 1: Big thing three playoff intensity. This will help the Jaguars,
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Speaker 1: we think, even though it will be an empty stadium
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Speaker 1: in Minnesota and going in there with a ten game
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Speaker 1: losing streak, the Vikings have their backs against the wall
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Speaker 1: pushing for a playoffs spot. They're gonna be intense. It's
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Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of emotion on the field, and
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Speaker 1: we think the Jaguars can play off that and this
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Speaker 1: is almost a good thing for the Jaguar Wars to
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Speaker 1: go into a really animated game and definitely would be
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Speaker 1: a huge upset if the Jaguars can get it done them.
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Speaker 1: And those are big things, and we go back to
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Speaker 1: big thing one and John, I go to you. Mike
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Speaker 1: Glennon the quarterback against the Minnesota Vikings was definitely a
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Speaker 1: toss up. Coach More kind of hinted last week, if
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Speaker 1: Minsh was healthy, maybe we go that direction. But he's
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Speaker 1: sticking with the guy who played pretty well last week. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I think it was a toss up to people outside.
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Speaker 1: I don't think for the coaching staff is very much
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Speaker 1: of a toss up. And I think the key is
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Speaker 1: if you listen to Doug and you listen to Ja
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Speaker 1: this week, they both mentioned taking the shots down field.
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Speaker 1: They're you know, Minshu wasn't doing that. We all talked
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Speaker 1: about his arm strength, the fact that the offense in
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Speaker 1: the last few weeks when him the quarterback, felt constricted.
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Speaker 1: I think Glennon threw the ball down field if you
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Speaker 1: think about the past. To Colin Johnson, my guess is
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Speaker 1: that stood out to the coaching staff as what they
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Speaker 1: weren't really getting into is being able to make that
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Speaker 1: throw twenty five yards down field the sidelines with some velocity,
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Speaker 1: and that had a lot to do with it. And
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Speaker 1: I think Jay Gruden's comments made sense. They switched quarterbacks
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Speaker 1: so much, let's go with two in a row with
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Speaker 1: a veteran and knows how to get the team in
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Speaker 1: and out of the huddle. I guess the final thought
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Speaker 1: on this is five games left, there's not a huge
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Speaker 1: difference between any of them. Stick with the guy who's
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Speaker 1: in there at this point. Yeah, Brian, it's gonna be
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Speaker 1: interesting if he plays well again. Sorry, go ahead, Brian. Well, no,
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Speaker 1: I mean I'm going where you're going. My thought was this.
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Speaker 1: It was very telling to me when Marone said, yeah,
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Speaker 1: he's healthy, we're going with Lennon, and you've got the
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Speaker 1: sense that they were about ready to make a change
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Speaker 1: before the injury, right after the game in Los Angeles,
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Speaker 1: and people can look at the numbers and say, look
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Speaker 1: at his look at his stats, and it's not that
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Speaker 1: he he was holding the ball, he was missing receivers,
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Speaker 1: he was taking sacks, um he was not playing well,
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Speaker 1: and the Jaguars had decided at that point he's not
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Speaker 1: the guy let's see what we've got in these other
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Speaker 1: two guys. Unfortunately for Marone, unfortunately, by the way I
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Speaker 1: see it, he's got a veteran quarterback who played pretty
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Speaker 1: well last week, who he can legitimately say gives them
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Speaker 1: the best chance to win. So it should be easy
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Speaker 1: for them to stick with Glennon, you know, unless he
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Speaker 1: goes out and throws four interceptions. But I just don't
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Speaker 1: see that happening against the Vikings. I think he's a
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Speaker 1: solid player, he makes good decisions, he'll keep him steady,
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Speaker 1: and as I've been beating this drum for the last
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks, he's the guy who gives every young
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Speaker 1: player on the roster, on both sides of the ball,
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Speaker 1: the best chance to play well and get better before
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Speaker 1: the season ends. As opposed to a train wreck every
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Speaker 1: Sunday with turnovers and bad situations, Glennon gives them a
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Speaker 1: chance to play a consistent game. Yes, consistent is a
17:56
Speaker 1: great word there, because it has been a bit of
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Speaker 1: a roller coaster, some ups and downs. Especially. I go
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Speaker 1: back to Jake Luten's first game and we were singing
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Speaker 1: his praise is saying what a great game he played,
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Speaker 1: and came the downs and consistency would be a great
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Speaker 1: thing at the quarterback position. Brian, Let's go to a
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Speaker 1: big thing three, because it's an interesting point that you
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Speaker 1: made about that playoff intensity and you look at this game,
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Speaker 1: you're thinking of the Vikings have something to play for,
18:18
Speaker 1: you know, Jaguars ten game losing streak. It doesn't match up.
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Speaker 1: But with the effort this Jaguars team has shown and
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Speaker 1: how hungry they are for a win, this this might
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Speaker 1: be the best thing for them. Is an amped up
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Speaker 1: team they're playing against. Well, it absolutely is. Look if
18:34
Speaker 1: you saw any of the Steelers Ravens game yesterday, you
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Speaker 1: saw what playoff intensity does a team that was decimated
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Speaker 1: by COVID nineteen and was playing with Robert Griffin the
18:44
Speaker 1: third and without key players all over the roster man
18:48
Speaker 1: they played well in an empty stadium where there was
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Speaker 1: no energy. Imagine if the Jaguars were going to Detroit
18:53
Speaker 1: this week. You have two teams, both of whom have
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Speaker 1: already fired their general manager, one that's fired the coach,
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Speaker 1: and you're playing in an empty stadium. I mean, just
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Speaker 1: it would have been awful. But here you've got a
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Speaker 1: young team that needs to learn how to play games.
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Speaker 1: In December. It's different in December for folks who don't know.
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Speaker 1: That's when the playoff teams separate themselves and the Jaguars
19:12
Speaker 1: are going into a very challenging situation on Sunday afternoon
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Speaker 1: in Minnesota. Good. They need to be challenged, They need
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Speaker 1: a little help in getting that intensity kicked up. They've
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Speaker 1: got it on Sunday, they absolutely do. And John, this
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Speaker 1: is kind of a prime example of where you want
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Speaker 1: to be is the Vikings. Yes, they went through some adversity,
19:32
Speaker 1: but they're in the conversation there on the graphic, like
19:35
Speaker 1: we always say, and that's exactly where you want this
19:37
Speaker 1: Jaguars team to get to. Is at least be in
19:40
Speaker 1: the realm where you're being talked about. Yeah, the Vikings have,
19:45
Speaker 1: I guess, sort of quietly been a very good franchise
19:48
Speaker 1: for five or six years really since Zimmer got there.
19:51
Speaker 1: He's get instability. I don't think Cousins is an elite quarterback,
19:54
Speaker 1: but he is good enough to keep them in the
19:56
Speaker 1: conversation right now. When they got down one and five,
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Speaker 1: you sort of thought, Okay, what's going to happen to
20:03
Speaker 1: this team with the future, what's it going to look like?
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Speaker 1: In terms of Zimmer going forward, and credit to them,
20:09
Speaker 1: they got to a little bit of a softer part
20:11
Speaker 1: in their schedule. They haven't necessarily played great. They've squeezed
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Speaker 1: out games. They barely beat Carolina last week, but they've
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Speaker 1: gotten back in it. They narrowly lost to Dallas, or
20:20
Speaker 1: else they would be six and five, very much in
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. So I think, you know, I'm not sure
20:26
Speaker 1: I buy into what you guys are selling in terms
20:28
Speaker 1: of this being good for the Jaguars. I think the
20:30
Speaker 1: fact that Minnesota needs this. You're on the road, The
20:33
Speaker 1: Jaguars have fought for three of the last four weeks
20:36
Speaker 1: really hard. This smells like one to me. It's gonna
20:39
Speaker 1: be really tough for the Jaguars to hang in there.
20:42
Speaker 1: But I hope that you guys are right. This is
20:49
Speaker 1: a young team that doesn't know any better. And if
20:52
Speaker 1: you've ever competed at any level, and I know that
20:55
Speaker 1: you have, when you compete, you rise to the level
20:58
Speaker 1: of the team across from you. Other than getting embarrassed.
21:02
Speaker 1: Is Dalvin Cook canna have a big day? Yeah, Dalvin
21:03
Speaker 1: Cook is going to have a big day. This team
21:05
Speaker 1: will play up instead of having to fight to get
21:09
Speaker 1: some energy from it. It's a benefit to go on
21:12
Speaker 1: the road and play a playoff team for a team
21:15
Speaker 1: that I'm not saying they're winning, but a team that
21:17
Speaker 1: needs a little bit of extra boost to get the
21:19
Speaker 1: energy level up. It's tough in December when you're not
21:22
Speaker 1: winning and you're not in it, and you're not relevant.
21:26
Speaker 1: My life has been a series of blowouts. Own it, John,
21:37
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Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Iceman account hockey team here in Jacksonville. Miles
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24:25
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24:30
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24:37
Speaker 1: now I'm picturing Miles Jack in a business suit, in
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Speaker 1: a briefcase going to owners meetings. Good for Miles, this
24:44
Speaker 1: could be a really good carried away. Yeah, don't get
24:48
Speaker 1: carried away. This is a promotional thing as much as anything.
24:50
Speaker 1: But I do think it's good for athletes to have
24:55
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24:57
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25:10
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25:13
Speaker 1: for the Jaguars and Tim Tebow and and athletes that
25:17
Speaker 1: they get involved in this sort of thing. Um, they
25:19
Speaker 1: can learn a lot if they want to. Right, It's
25:22
Speaker 1: not just going to games and hob nobbing with fans though.
25:25
Speaker 1: You know that the iceman I hope that that happens
25:27
Speaker 1: because that will increase their attendance. It's a good opportunity
25:30
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25:33
Speaker 1: And um, that's something that we all want to do,
25:36
Speaker 1: is be better. Indeed, Miles Jack signing that long term
25:41
Speaker 1: contracts here in Jacksonville and getting his roots here in
25:44
Speaker 1: this city even more so. All Right, John, here's something
25:47
Speaker 1: interesting for you. Doug Marone and Jay Gruden at the
25:50
Speaker 1: media yesterday, and we go to one of the beat
25:52
Speaker 1: writers for the Jaguars, John Shipley, who tweets that what's
25:55
Speaker 1: something we all heard and definitely perked our eyes about,
25:58
Speaker 1: was Laviska Chananti in the emergency quarterback for the Jaguars.
26:03
Speaker 1: We all saw the situation last week in Denver because
26:06
Speaker 1: of COVID, they did not have a quarterback to play
26:08
Speaker 1: and went with a wide receiver. Obviously, John J. Gruden
26:12
Speaker 1: said this would not be best case scenario and definitely
26:15
Speaker 1: could not turn out well. But I'm not gonna lie.
26:17
Speaker 1: I would definitely watch the game and definitely not turn
26:21
Speaker 1: away if this was the case that Laviska Chanult was
26:24
Speaker 1: playing quarterback. Yeah, you might turn away after a few series.
26:30
Speaker 1: Shelln because I think Jay Gruden said it best. And
26:34
Speaker 1: Ship asked the question, how confident would you feel? Or
26:37
Speaker 1: forget who asked the question, but it was how confidently
26:40
Speaker 1: do you feel if you went with Laviska Chanal and
26:43
Speaker 1: he said not very Yeah, you don't obviously don't want
26:50
Speaker 1: you to see you're playing quit. Usually an emergency situation
26:53
Speaker 1: is when when three other guys get hurt or two
26:56
Speaker 1: of the guys get hurt, and you're playing it out
26:58
Speaker 1: for the last series of the game. No that you're
27:00
Speaker 1: gonna lose. So uh, hopefully we never have to see this. Yes,
27:07
Speaker 1: it would definitely be interesting, and we talked about what
27:10
Speaker 1: an interesting game it was yesterday. Having a football game
27:14
Speaker 1: on Wednesday afternoon. Not a lot of people in America
27:17
Speaker 1: got work done because of that. But my gosh, was
27:19
Speaker 1: a sloppy game at first, and Ian Rappaport tweeted that out, Brian,
27:23
Speaker 1: I think I can get used to some midday football. Um.
27:26
Speaker 1: I don't think we'll see that more so than this season,
27:30
Speaker 1: but it was different, to say the least. I don't
27:33
Speaker 1: want to get used to it for the reason that
27:35
Speaker 1: you just said. If we're getting used to it, it
27:38
Speaker 1: means that we're dealing with this in Um. If we
27:42
Speaker 1: if we have to see a little bit more of
27:43
Speaker 1: it this year, I mean, I guess that's just the
27:45
Speaker 1: price of working your way through this and working to
27:48
Speaker 1: get every game in as the commissioner said at halftime yesterday.
27:51
Speaker 1: But no, please, I mean, let's let's go back to
27:54
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27:59
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