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Looking ahead to division matchup vs. Texans | Jags Drive Time: Wednesday, October 5 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Jacks Drive John with Ashlyn Sulimsells, John Oshans,
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  Speaker 1: Bryan Sexton, Jacks Drive and starts right now. Welcome in
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars Drive Time on a Wednesday, frock to you by
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  Speaker 1: Jet Cole Roomes, Ashlan Sullivan, Bryan Sexon and John Osier.
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  Speaker 1: Three with you as long as Drew Doherty from Texans
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  Speaker 1: TV joining us as we get ready for a home
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  Speaker 1: game against the Texans this Sunday. Drew, good morning, Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for joining us. Oh, thanks for having me. Great
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  Speaker 1: to be with you. Hope you're doing all right. We
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  Speaker 1: are doing great. And I want to know about this
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  Speaker 1: Texans team. We spoke to some players and coaches on
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  Speaker 1: Monday and they said, do not be fooled. This Texans
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  Speaker 1: team is better than their record show. So where are
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  Speaker 1: the Texans right now? Is they coming to Jacksonville on Sunday?
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  Speaker 1: That is true, they are better than last year, but
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  Speaker 1: they're still oh three and one, and there's nothing real
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  Speaker 1: really smile about when you think about that record. On
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  Speaker 1: the whole. However, there are some bright spots, and the
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  Speaker 1: brightest of them all is a guy who's very, very
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  Speaker 1: familiar to all of you back there in Jacksonville. Damian Pierce,
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  Speaker 1: the running back, has been a breath of share ever
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  Speaker 1: since the pads came on. In training camp, you took notice.
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  Speaker 1: And then in the preseason game he was clearly the
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  Speaker 1: best guy, the best weapon out there for the team,
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  Speaker 1: so much so that he averaged about seven eight nine
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  Speaker 1: yards and can carry in the preseason opener. They held
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  Speaker 1: him out of that second preseason game because they said, hey,
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  Speaker 1: we've seen enough. And then he comes in and basically
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  Speaker 1: over four games he's averaging about sixteen seventeen touches per
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  Speaker 1: and he just cracked the hundred yard mark last Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: largely apart to a seventy five yard touchdown run. But
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  Speaker 1: you take that run out of the mix and he
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  Speaker 1: still was good for about four point three yards per carry.
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  Speaker 1: And this was a Texans team that was dead last
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL in yards per carry last year, only
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  Speaker 1: three point four. So even when he wasn't peeling off
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  Speaker 1: monster runs, he was still doing his job and getting
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  Speaker 1: four point three. So this guy has been ex silent.
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  Speaker 1: One weird little anomally from last week in the stat
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  Speaker 1: line he caught six passes, but he only got eight
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  Speaker 1: yards off and a lot of that, A lot of
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  Speaker 1: was kind of due to ball placement. I mean he
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  Speaker 1: was having a sort of contort his body on the
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  Speaker 1: run and reach behind himself. I think if he gets
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  Speaker 1: the ball just where it needs to be, he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: get some good yardage catching the ball as well. So
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  Speaker 1: he's been excellent, but the run defense hasn't been good.
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  Speaker 1: The defense as a whole has given up big plays
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  Speaker 1: when they can't and David s Mills he's just gotta
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  Speaker 1: play better, and he said so himself. He's got to
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  Speaker 1: make the throws when needed and it's been a struggle
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  Speaker 1: in that department. And Drew, I thought you were going
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  Speaker 1: to say that Lovey Smith was the bright spot because
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  Speaker 1: when I watched this team, I do see a very
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  Speaker 1: well coached team, and I know the defense is his
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  Speaker 1: forte and obviously we all understand it's about having the
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  Speaker 1: talent to execute the defense that he wants. But to me,
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  Speaker 1: to be able to come back like they did from
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  Speaker 1: the big deficit last week shows us the kind of
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  Speaker 1: coaching that they're getting. And I've been impressed with what
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  Speaker 1: I've read and heard from Lovey Smith's know far, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you're spot on in that regard. And love. He's been
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  Speaker 1: around the block. He knows what's going on, and it
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  Speaker 1: makes all the sense in the world. Even when he
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  Speaker 1: was in the building last year, he had a gravitass
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  Speaker 1: to him and has a gravitass to him that you
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  Speaker 1: can understand why guys like Brian or Locker and guys
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  Speaker 1: like Devin Hester. One's in the Hall of Fame. One
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  Speaker 1: will be someday. But when we high when the Texas
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  Speaker 1: hired him, love you Smith for for real as the
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  Speaker 1: head coach. In the off season, we talked with those
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  Speaker 1: guys and they said, you're getting a hell of a leader.
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  Speaker 1: You're getting a guy who's gonna be buttoned up and
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  Speaker 1: knowing what's going on and you will not make um
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  Speaker 1: mental errors like like we've seen here in the past.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, I love you Smith. Has been a bright
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  Speaker 1: spot in that beard. I mean, it's uh, it's gorgeous,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it. We could all we could all learn a
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  Speaker 1: thing or two from growing a beard like that, right,
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  Speaker 1: He's very self self aware, very confident man to have
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  Speaker 1: that beard. Absolutely, Yeah, he's not coming up the chimney
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  Speaker 1: at night on December. I mean, that's the only other
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  Speaker 1: guy I think they can get away with something like
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  Speaker 1: that probably, so uh. Obviously, Davis Mills right now playing
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  Speaker 1: like a different quarterback than he did the last five
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  Speaker 1: games last season. Um, do you see a difference? Is
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  Speaker 1: what's going on around him? Assays that if you will, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's tough, John, It's he's making throws sometimes. You know,
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  Speaker 1: in the third quarter he threaded some one in Nico
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  Speaker 1: Collins for fifty nine yards. Then right next play he
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  Speaker 1: hits Brandon Cooks for an eighteen yard touchdown. But it
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  Speaker 1: took until last week, until the third quarter of last
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  Speaker 1: game four Mills to throw a touchdown past to a
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver, to throw a touchdown pass to a non
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  Speaker 1: tight end because Rex Burke had also caught one. In
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  Speaker 1: the first three games, there were three touchdowns total, and
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  Speaker 1: they'd all go on to tight ends. So he'll do
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  Speaker 1: the good things here and there, but then again he'll
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  Speaker 1: he'll struggle at other times and it is a combination
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  Speaker 1: of of many things. You know, he'll get rocked for
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  Speaker 1: a sack and it seems like that's been the case
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  Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, where either the ball come loose
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  Speaker 1: and the Texans will pounce back on it or lose
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  Speaker 1: a fumble or or something like that. But it's just
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  Speaker 1: been up and down and they really need to see
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  Speaker 1: consistent consistency from him. But that's the beauty of this
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  Speaker 1: league is if you make one or two mistakes a
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  Speaker 1: game games over and you don't win. And they haven't.
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  Speaker 1: They haven't made the plays when they've needed to, and
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  Speaker 1: they've lost four very winnable games. But they've lost and
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  Speaker 1: and and the other team has played better when they
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  Speaker 1: needed to Andrew. When we look at this game on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: I don't even want to call it a rivalry because
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  Speaker 1: Brian told me the SAD a couple of mornings ago
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  Speaker 1: that the Texans have won eight straight and the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: have not beaten the Texans since two thousand and seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: I was shocked, and then I looked it up and
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  Speaker 1: it is true. So what is this Texans teams saying
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  Speaker 1: about the Jaguars right now? We believe they're much improved.
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  Speaker 1: Do the Texans see that as well? Well? Absolutely? I
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  Speaker 1: mean how can you not? I mean this this team
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  Speaker 1: is so much better. Uh and and it's in I think,
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  Speaker 1: such a better situation. You guys asked me about Lovey Smith.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we can come right back at you about
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  Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, I mean, he seems like he's gotten everything
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  Speaker 1: on the right track. And what sure helps having some
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  Speaker 1: some more defensive talent like you and you guys know
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  Speaker 1: better than me. But goodness, gracious, Devin Lloyd is somebody
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  Speaker 1: that a lot of I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: in the mock draft season. Uh, there are a few
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  Speaker 1: that's that could see him coming to the Texans and
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  Speaker 1: it didn't happen, But that would have been fine, and
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  Speaker 1: I think he would have worked out fine on just
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  Speaker 1: about any team. That guy is really really impressive out
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  Speaker 1: of Utah. So yeah, the Texans, No, this is not
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a guinea game, not that it ever is,
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  Speaker 1: but they know that this is a salty Jaguars team
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  Speaker 1: and they've got to be ready because you know, they
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  Speaker 1: need this. The Texans absolutely need this like oxygen. They're
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  Speaker 1: the last winless team in the NFL. Going to be
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  Speaker 1: an interesting game here in Jacksonville on Sunday. Drew, we
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  Speaker 1: will see you here. Thank you so much for your time. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks so much for having me. Great to see all
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  Speaker 1: game this Sunday against the Tucsans, a big a f
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  Speaker 1: C South matchup. Brian Ashlan and John here with you.
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  Speaker 1: Are you guys ready for big things? Shall we do it?
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  Speaker 1: Let's go? Big Thing One is calm. There is no
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  Speaker 1: sense of panic in this building, even after losing to
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles last week and a somewhat close game, but
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  Speaker 1: with five turnovers, rapidly improving this team like we just
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  Speaker 1: talked about with Drew Doherty and competing in the a
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  Speaker 1: f C South for the lead. It's all thanks to
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  Speaker 1: Coach Peterson and his personality in this building. But at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, you know, if if I'm the one
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  Speaker 1: that's all over the place emotionally, uh, there's no calmness
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  Speaker 1: amongst the team, and and I feel like if I'm calmed,
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  Speaker 1: their calm. You know, if I'm erratic, they could be
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  Speaker 1: erratic and and so it's a little bit a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of both, probably my personality. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: I just want to make sure that and I don't
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  Speaker 1: ever want us to let the opponent know that they've
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  Speaker 1: gotten under your skin too, you know, and and and
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  Speaker 1: all of that. So we just we just stay stay
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  Speaker 1: the stay. Of course, big thing too is confident that
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars are riding a quarterback Trevor Lawrence, of course, because
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  Speaker 1: he is the franchise quarterback, and aren't really worried about
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  Speaker 1: the five turnovers. They more asso see it as a
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  Speaker 1: blimp on the radar. He's just saying, you know, whether
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  Speaker 1: whether he's having the best game or whether he feels
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  Speaker 1: like he's you know, not playing like he's supposed to be. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And you know that's why we have guys like Marv
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  Speaker 1: and Pristian and Zay especially, you know, keep the energy high.
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  Speaker 1: Especially what Trevor, he's such a young quarterback. Um, he's
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  Speaker 1: got a lot on his play and um, you know
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  Speaker 1: we're riding with him whether he's you know, throwing for
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  Speaker 1: five hunting yards or whether he's you know, playing in
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  Speaker 1: a sloppy weather game like that yesterday. So um, you
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  Speaker 1: know we're gonna ride with Chever because he's he's a
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  Speaker 1: leader of this team. Whether he um really realized it
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  Speaker 1: or not, he's so young, but you know we're riding
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  Speaker 1: with sixteen into the wheels for all off and Big Thing.
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  Speaker 1: Big Thing three is critical. Sunday is a huge game
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  Speaker 1: for both teams and a critical win for the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: and the Texans, who are winless right now in the
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  Speaker 1: a f C South. The big matchup in this division,
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  Speaker 1: and the Texans have beaten the Jaguars the past eight games.
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  Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd knows this defense can be better this week.
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  Speaker 1: I'd say, um, defensively, um, I mean it really just
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  Speaker 1: as a whole um, you know, coach, staff, players will
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  Speaker 1: understand how to you know, improve basically from this game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there were certain things that we did this
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  Speaker 1: game that you know, I feel like in some ways,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we made it harder than what it needed
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  Speaker 1: to be. And so really just you know, funning way
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  Speaker 1: to clean it out. And that is Big Things. As
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  Speaker 1: we go back up to Big Thing one, the calmness
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  Speaker 1: in the building thanks to head coach Doug Peterson. But
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  Speaker 1: I also think there's a sense of no panic because
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  Speaker 1: of the way the Jaguars did play on Sunday. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: the turnovers, but you still made it a close game
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  Speaker 1: against a very talented team. I think if they got
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  Speaker 1: their doors blown off by maybe it's a different story. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I still don't think you would have seen a strong
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  Speaker 1: visceral reaction from Doug. I mean I was watching carefully
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  Speaker 1: and I did not um, which is impressive because I
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't have been. I'm not that type of person. I
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  Speaker 1: can't be that calm um. I said it when we
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  Speaker 1: first got a feel for him in the offseason, John,
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  Speaker 1: he's like a big brother. I mean, he's got got
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  Speaker 1: his arm around this place. You know, a franchise that's
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  Speaker 1: kind of desperate to win and anxious about what kind
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  Speaker 1: of team they're gonna have when they sell tickets. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this whole franchise just needed to calm down, and I
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  Speaker 1: think Doug has been that guy just kind of put
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  Speaker 1: his arm around the franchise metaphorically speaking, and said, let
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  Speaker 1: me show you how we're gonna do this. Yeah, a
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  Speaker 1: couple of thoughts. Um, he's calm. But I also liked
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  Speaker 1: on Monday when he said, uh, he basically said, okay,
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  Speaker 1: we can be calm, and we can take these things
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  Speaker 1: as learning experiences. But we also can't wait too long
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  Speaker 1: to learn from him and have results, because all of
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  Speaker 1: a sudden, the season gets away from you. So I
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  Speaker 1: liked that because it did show a sense of urgency
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  Speaker 1: within it. And I think Doug will remain calm. I
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  Speaker 1: asked him the question. I've been fascinated by how he's
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  Speaker 1: been able to keep this thing on an even keel.
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  Speaker 1: I think he'll remain calm, but this week has a
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  Speaker 1: different feel in terms of around the organization. I think
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  Speaker 1: this is a big game in terms of keeping everybody calm.
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  Speaker 1: You lose the Texans, and all of a sudden, I
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  Speaker 1: think a lot of fans and observers start looking at
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  Speaker 1: the season differently, rightly or wrongly. That will happen. So
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  Speaker 1: it's a big win for a lot of reasons. If
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  Speaker 1: you win Sunday, I'm going on a big thing three
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  Speaker 1: a little bit without your help, Ashally, sorry, but it's
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  Speaker 1: a big game Sunday for that reason because if you win,
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  Speaker 1: then everything about the first four season weeks you've been
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  Speaker 1: saying still sort of makes sense. If you don't, then
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden, I think people start to panic,
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  Speaker 1: because that's the nature of fans. There'll be a k
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  Speaker 1: but the fans will look at and be like, they're
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  Speaker 1: they're not gonna Let just let me help you with
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  Speaker 1: this one. They're not gonna lose on Sunday because they're
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  Speaker 1: big toe. They're big toe. We'll be back. And by
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  Speaker 1: that you have not probably seen the movie stripes, but
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: you have remember when when Bill Murray says Sergeant Hulko
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  Speaker 1: was our big toe. Um, I just laughing as as
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  Speaker 1: I was listening to Agnew there. Um, this guy is
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  Speaker 1: their guy. He is the balance, and I expect, just
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  Speaker 1: like he did from week one to week two, I
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  Speaker 1: expect Trevor Lawrence to learn quickly, rapidly from the mistakes
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  Speaker 1: of last week and come out against the Texans team. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: was the last time we said Jaguars should win this
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  Speaker 1: their favored they're the better team. It's been a long time.
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  Speaker 1: That's the case. On Sunday, it's Legends weekend. There's more legends,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, more alumni who will be here for
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  Speaker 1: this game than at any point in any alumni weekend history. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And it's Posselli's ring ceremony. No no, no, no, they're
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  Speaker 1: walking into a trap this week. There's no panic. This
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  Speaker 1: franchise is a big game, but this is one that
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  Speaker 1: I expect to see Doug Peterson's calm, resolve and Trevor
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  Speaker 1: Lawrence's return to be things that will lead to them
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  Speaker 1: getting a big win in a big game. I love
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  Speaker 1: your confidence. How can you not be confident that? I'm confidence,
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  Speaker 1: But the reality is this team has not been in
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  Speaker 1: this situation. This is not that team though, right, but
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  Speaker 1: this team has not been in that situation. You gotta
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  Speaker 1: go do it improve that you are as good as
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  Speaker 1: you think were. They not in that situation a week
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  Speaker 1: two coming back against what they weren't favorite, but but
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  Speaker 1: facing a pretty important game. There are a lot of
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  Speaker 1: questions going into weeks about what this team was. Now
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  Speaker 1: we know what we think they are. They got to
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  Speaker 1: prove that they're what we think they are. I get
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  Speaker 1: your point. I'm swinging for the fences and saying that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to run rough shot. When you look at
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  Speaker 1: the matchup, the Jaguars should win. An I'm not even
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  Speaker 1: looking at the matchup yet. I am just listening to
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  Speaker 1: players and coaches and and basing on the way that
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  Speaker 1: they rebounded from Week one to week two, and then
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  Speaker 1: they went and took care of business in week three yep.
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  Speaker 1: Five turnovers week four. But as we've talked about, there
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  Speaker 1: was still a moment where they could have captured this
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  Speaker 1: game in the third quarter and the fourth quarter. That's
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  Speaker 1: not the same team that we've seen. I just if
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  Speaker 1: they are what we think they are, they they go
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  Speaker 1: in and the weather is going to be much better.
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  Speaker 1: Should I bring up the weather again last Sunday? Please
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  Speaker 1: please don't. It's gonna be gorgeous weather. Our coworkers are
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  Speaker 1: like Ashlyn, did you go to war? My gosh, you're
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  Speaker 1: a bit dramatic about the one. It's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a spectacular Sunday, and I know John is eager to
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  Speaker 1: put the Baselli Ring ceremony I mean center and missed
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  Speaker 1: that one. That headline. Yeah, it's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: special Sunday. You know, win would make it even better.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely all that. There's big things when we come back
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  Speaker 1: this or that on a Wednesday morning, Brian, what you
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  Speaker 1: got for us? All right? So who is more important
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  Speaker 1: to get started quickly? Right? I don't mean more important,
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  Speaker 1: like more important overall, but getting the offense in gear?
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  Speaker 1: Does James Robinson satisfy that equation? Or is Christian Kirk
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  Speaker 1: the right guy? Who do you have to get involved
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  Speaker 1: earlier to make everything go the way you wanted to go?
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  Speaker 1: John Decisions Decisions. I'm gonna say Christian because it felt
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  Speaker 1: like when they didn't have him involved last week that
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  Speaker 1: the passing game just couldn't get started. I felt like
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  Speaker 1: overall they got j rob going and because of the turnovers,
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  Speaker 1: couldn't keep them going. So I sort of feel like
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  Speaker 1: they need to have both. But I'm gonna go with
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  Speaker 1: Christian for that reason. Then I don't I don't feel
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: like the running game isn't going to be there when
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: everything else is going along with it, So I'll say
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. I think you need Christian and Z back
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: because I think we saw the absence of Z Jones too,
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: and maybe that freed up some things first Jamal Agnew,
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: but we saw when Christian couldn't get going. The offense
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: couldn't get going. But the question was, I'm adding to it,
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: she's the hope. Okay, you can put a little addition
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: Mark and z Jones under Christian Kirk. I'm going to
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: combine them. I'm going to make it a passing game
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: because I think Doug Peterson has made it clear that
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: this is not a team that uses the run to
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: set up the pass, you know, like the old Raiders
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: teams that would draw the safeties up having to stop
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: the running and go over the top. This is a
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: team that will throw the ball and use the run
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: off the pass. So I think Kirk is the guy
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: who needs to get going early. And z Jones evidently, yeah,
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: he's important. Ye go John Enough Mine was and I'll
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: read it the perfect are we gonna see this weekend?
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: The quote perfect team of weeks two and three or
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: the mistake prone team of weeks two and four, Weeks
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: one and four. I got this question a lot. You know, um, yeah,
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: they were so good and then so bad. You know,
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be somewhere in the middle. But
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: I really do believe they're gonna be closer to weeks
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: two and three. Because of this, I don't think they
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: were necessarily incredibly mistake prone in Week one, with the
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: exception of some penalties and some misthrows. I mean, right,
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: the penalties. I don't think the turnovers that we saw
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: in week four are going to be anything close to
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: the norm going forward. So I think they're gonna be
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: closer to a zero one turnover team than they are
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: a disaster wheels come off teams. So I'll say weeks
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: two and three, I'll say weeks two and three all
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: show primarily because I think that this coaching staff has
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: proved an their medal, right, I mean from week one
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: to week two, they went from thirteen turn penalties to
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: three and then they went to two. Uh, and they
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: didn't have many last week either. The turnovers, I think
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: we're in aberration. I think it's a well coached team.
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: I think it's a team with more talent than we've
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: seen around here since two thousand seventeen. It is a
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: very talented team. They're young, but they're well coached, so
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: that kind of offsets it a little bit. But I
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: do think we're gonna see you know, bad Jaguars again
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: this year because of the youth in the inexperience. There's
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: gonna be a moment at some point in the next
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: six or seven weeks we're like, oh, here we go again.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: But I don't think it's one for one. In other words,
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: I don't think this is you know, bad good good
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: bad bad good good. I mean, there's no pattern to it.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: There's just gonna be a moment, whether it's the weather,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: whether it's travel, whatever it is, where we're going to
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: see the bad Jaguars again this year happens, or just
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: facing a very good team. Used to say when they
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: go up to play the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City,
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: we might see a little of that. That's a talented
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: young team that is very well coached. And so for
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: that reason answer John's question, I expect weeks two and
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: three to be here on Sunday of a few more
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: weeks two and three where they're really really good and
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: they've got that in I don't think you'll see a
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: game with nearly as much sloppiness again as the Eagles,
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: because I think so much of that was the weather. Well,
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: and I think Ashton, I guess the weather was bad
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: started with you on that one. The weather, I can't
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: stop talking about it. You just took your code off,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I think for the first time all week. Oh my god,
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: I'm still not over it. All right, my this or that.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: I was going through the Jaguars schedule last week and
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: my dad always called me and we always talk about this,
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: how many games the job was gonna win. We go
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: through the schedule, and in August during training camp, my
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: dad was sold, Okay, they're gonna win five games, like
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: all Dad. Maybe I don't know now going through this schedule,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: is this team a seven win team or is this
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: a nine win team? I have upped my ratio because
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: of how the Jaguars played in weeks two and three.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: The difference between seven win and nine win team is
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: a wild card birth most likely. Well, so where are
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: there as the team? I thought they were seven win
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: teams starting camp, but then they stole one in Los Angeles.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: But I didn't think they would get so now I think,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: by default I have to say that they're a nine
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: win team, although I think, look, the Colts aren't. I've
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: made this clip. I don't think the Cults are any
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: good at all. Um, so you're stealing another one in
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: any well, I don't they have injuries still, so yeah,
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: I mean, you can go get another one, but I
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: think the division is eminently is in their grasp. Right,
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: you gotta go win this week. But if you do,
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: I think they can make a run at the division,
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: which I've said since Week two. And if you do that,
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: then you're a nine win You're not gonna win the
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: division at seven, right, You're gonna have to go to nine.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: So because of previous things I've said and seen, I'll
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: say they're nine wins. Yeah, I think they have a
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: chance to get nine. Um, I think they're a nine
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: win team. I'll say this if they win Sunday, and
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: they win with a nice win, meaning in the second half,
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: you feel like they're in control. I think they're the
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: better team if they play like get if if they
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: can sort of pass that test where you say, okay,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: I feel like they're gonna win the games that we
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: feel like they should win going forward, then I think
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: they're definitely nine. If they come out and you feel
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: like they didn't handle that very well, then I'm dice here,
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: So I'll say nine today. I think I didn't think
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: can really put a stamp on that. On Sundays, I
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: just I want to go back to something I said
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: the other day, and that is, even really good teams
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: like the Super Bowl Colts in two thousand six, have
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: a moment where you're like, oh, I'm not sure if
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: they're good enough, right when they gave up rushing yards
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: here in December and Tony Dungee, calm right, we'll get
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: this fixed. They got it fixed. So I'm That's why
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: I'm bullish on this team right now, is because I
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: think this is the right guy to deal with tough
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: circumstances that it's hard to explain, and to focus this
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: team on forward, you know, on the issues of the Texans,
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: and not worry too much about the Eagles. So that's
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: why I think that this is a team than we
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: all thought they could be. This for sure. I mean,
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: we wouldn't have had to this or that with seven
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: or nine wins in August. We would have had a
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: five or seven maybe, and that would have been more realistic.
• 22:09
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• 22:11
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• 22:17
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• 22:29
  Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson to join us in about an hour
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: in a press conference, back in the locker room, back
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: on the practice field, getting ready for a home game
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: at this Sunday, and it's a busy one at that.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: I know you are knee deep and Tony Boselli Hall
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: of Fame coverage for Sunday. I have been um more
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: involved in that than almost anything, um it. Tony has been.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: I know, John, you're going to just really your rise
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: with this. He's been a pleasure to deal with on
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: this one because he genuinely appreciates how the franchise has
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: handled this entire thing. And as we said, his love
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: for the franchise in the city will come shining through
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: this weekend. Saturday night's the toast for Tony. It's the
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: debut of seventy one, which is this department, this organization's
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: documentary on him. And I know he's excited about that.
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: And I've heard from a lot of alum who are
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: going to be here this week and and I just said,
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: it was the biggest group of a Lum, I think
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: that we've ever had. And I think that's in large
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: part because, and I'll give you one example, Tony Brackens
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: is coming right, um. And Brackens hasn't come to anything right. Um,
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: He's just not that guy. He went back to his
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: ranch on Texas and went back to his life and
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: left this behind. But he and Tony practiced against each
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: other every single day. And Brackens, I think it's still
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: the best defensive player this franchise has ever had, And
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Tony Boselli is the best offensive player. Um, with all
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: due respect to Fred Taylor. UM. So I think that
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: shows you the respect. And I'm excited to see some
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: of these guys come back. It would be really cool.
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: I'm looking before to that night, are you actually Yeah?
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: I kid Tony because I saw him the other day.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: I said, look after Sunday, can we finally definitely stop
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: honoring you? I mean, at some point, how much more
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: do you need to hear? But it's uh, it's an
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: incredibly deserved honor. We've all talked about it, We've all
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: been to Super Bowls and not talked to people about it.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: I am ecstatic for him that it is happening. And
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: I cannot wait for it to be over. I'm kind
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: of I'm kind of access for it to be over
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: to My to do list has been a whole lot
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: longer the last three but it'll be all worth it comes.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: And I have to say this, this franchise has never
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: had this moment. It is a It is a the
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: kind of moment that you know, if you win a championship,
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: everybody kind of comes together, fans and organization and city,
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: and this is the first one we've had. There's no
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: trophy in the case you don't have it for for
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: running the flag, for the division of the poll um.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: The bust will be here, Tony will get his ring.
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: This is as close to a championship kind of moment
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: as we've ever had, so and hopefully not as close
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: as we'll ever get. Right, Yes, for the moment, this
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: is it, and I hope people know I'm kidding. It
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: is a wonderful moment for franchise and an incredibly deserved
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: moment for a guy who should have been in the
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: hall a long time in due time, So those tickets
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: are still available on Jaguars dot com to join in
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: that moment on Sunday for Tony Boselli in a home
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: game against the Texans here on Sunday. Will be back
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: Jaguars Drive Time tomorrow morning, right here on the Jaguars
• 25:23
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