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Press Pass | Mac Jones on Returning to Jacksonville · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: And you had three different play callers in New England.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's a lot of offenses in seven years.
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  Speaker 1: How challenging is that. I think it's great.
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  Speaker 2: I think you know, when people say that's a bad thing,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a great thing. I think you obviously
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  Speaker 2: want to have continuality with a certain person, but at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, you're learning from each person's backgrounds.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think of coach table at Alabama, Sark,
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  Speaker 2: Mike Loxley, So it's like you're getting different coaching.
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  Speaker 1: Backgrounds from everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously, you know in New England you get
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  Speaker 2: a lot of good coach in there too, so and
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  Speaker 2: then here with Doug has been awesome.
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  Speaker 1: He's a great quarterback mind.
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  Speaker 2: And like I said, I'm taking from each each coach,
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  Speaker 2: taking what I want and what I want to know
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  Speaker 2: and what I want to learn.
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  Speaker 1: And it's been a great time here.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I've learned a lot about offensive football here,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm definitely gonna try and add that to my game.
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  Speaker 1: Is a different style of offense, level of offense? Is
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  Speaker 1: it deeper? How is this work? I think it's a
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  Speaker 1: mixed bag.
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  Speaker 2: I think they do we do a lot of things
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  Speaker 2: really well, you know, just being here for the last
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  Speaker 2: couple of month, so it's very detailed.
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  Speaker 1: Attention to detail is there.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there's a lot of drop off from
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  Speaker 2: each group, which is really good, and sometimes that's hard.
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  Speaker 2: You know, maybe the ones look really good, but then
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  Speaker 2: the twos and threes not so much. So I think
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  Speaker 2: that just shows that the coaches are doing a great
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  Speaker 2: job in the meetings and the quarterbacks and players are
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  Speaker 2: all communic communicating, so I think that's important with every team.
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  Speaker 2: And I think the offense is very versatile. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's deep, you know, short and in the middle, so
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  Speaker 2: it's kind of everything in between.
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  Speaker 1: So it's it's been good thing to take a lot
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  Speaker 1: from from Doug.
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  Speaker 2: What's maybe one thing that's really kind of stuck with
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  Speaker 2: you or been really impressive that you took from Doug.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just straightforwardes. I think he doesn't he's
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  Speaker 2: not gonna tell you lies. He's gonna tell you what
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  Speaker 2: it is. It's the truth. And it's also he does
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  Speaker 2: it in a very you know, quarterback friendly way because
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  Speaker 2: he's played right, so you know, he's gonna tell us
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  Speaker 2: to go out there and rip it.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe we had a bad.
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  Speaker 2: Practice, and he says, hey, you guys, just keep ripping it,
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  Speaker 2: have fun and try and make great decisions, but also
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  Speaker 2: try and try some throws because at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, if you don't try, you will never know
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  Speaker 2: if you can make the throw. And I think practice
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  Speaker 2: is a great time to do that. So I've learned
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  Speaker 2: that from them. Obviously a lot of things, and like
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  Speaker 2: I said, the attention to detail and team meetings and everything,
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  Speaker 2: I've been.
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  Speaker 1: Really impressed with.
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  Speaker 2: And that carries out through the whole staff, through the
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  Speaker 2: whole organization. So definitely been pleased with that.
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  Speaker 1: How do you have to compete for the second string job, right,
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  Speaker 1: but how do you kind of keep that competitiveness but
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  Speaker 1: know the guy you're competing against is still a teammate.
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  Speaker 1: How do you kind of balance step mentality for yourself?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've competed my whole life, and I find great
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  Speaker 2: joy and competition. I try to just be myself. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not gonna change because of one thing or another. And
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  Speaker 2: like I said, I think we have a great room
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  Speaker 2: here Trevor and CJ. They've been awesome and I feel
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  Speaker 2: like we're brothers in there, and that's what you want
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  Speaker 2: and you want to balance ideas off each other and
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  Speaker 2: compete every day, and sometimes we have these net challenges
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  Speaker 2: and stuff and it's like three brothers out there just
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  Speaker 2: throwing the ball around.
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  Speaker 1: So we compete in that regard.
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  Speaker 2: We compete in every other regard, but at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day, we're on the same team. We're all
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  Speaker 2: working for the common goal. And that's every good team
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  Speaker 2: that I've been on, that's the case, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: bad ones not so much. Sets up in a way
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  Speaker 2: and kind of been a mentor for you.
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  Speaker 1: How has he done that?
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, maybe any tips or something that's kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of stuck with you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean CJ's obviously been fortunate to play in
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  Speaker 2: this league for a long time, and he's a great dude.
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  Speaker 2: I definitely love the conversations we have. But hey, he's
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  Speaker 2: taught me a lot. I think, you know, he was
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  Speaker 2: in San Francisco, so there's some things that I ran
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  Speaker 2: at Alabama and whatnot that are similar and we always
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  Speaker 2: talk about certain plays like that. So he's very smart
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  Speaker 2: and hard working, and I think the group just fits
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  Speaker 2: together really will. Other than the obvious that you're playing
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  Speaker 2: against other people, what's the biggest difference for you in
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  Speaker 2: a joint.
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  Speaker 1: Practice with the Buccaneers versus and normal once for you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a really cool opportunity and I've
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  Speaker 2: been fortunate to be in a couple of joint practices
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  Speaker 2: and experience it, and I really enjoy them. It's different
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  Speaker 2: when you're in college you don't ever, you know, go
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  Speaker 2: against another team. But for the young guys, I think
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  Speaker 2: it's good because you're like, hey, you're practicing against another team.
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  Speaker 2: It brings a little bit more juice out. And I
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  Speaker 2: do think that it was a clean practice both days,
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  Speaker 2: which is sometimes hard to do. But I really thought
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  Speaker 2: that both teams did a good job. And it's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of fun. I mean, you compete, you see different looks,
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  Speaker 2: you can try different throws that maybe you wouldn't try,
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  Speaker 2: and now it's it's always weird when you have to
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  Speaker 2: play in the game now too, because you've practiced all
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  Speaker 2: week and then now you're gonna go into the game
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  Speaker 2: having known what they've done. But it can always switch.
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  Speaker 1: As well to get into that game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it just depends. Every team is different. I mean
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  Speaker 2: some people don't show much and some people show a lot,
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  Speaker 2: so you have to be ready for both sides of
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  Speaker 2: the story, and at the end of the day, it's
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  Speaker 2: about going out there having fun and just sticking to
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  Speaker 2: my rules and try not to do too much.
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  Speaker 1: About no fighting and met practice.
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  Speaker 2: I he was really concerned about me fighting people, so
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  Speaker 2: I know, I think he was very straightforward. I think
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  Speaker 2: we have professionals on our team, and I feel like
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  Speaker 2: the old guys did a good job. Like when you're young,
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  Speaker 2: you know you're going against another team, there's some competitive
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  Speaker 2: juices going, but they like explained, hey, fellaws were not
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  Speaker 2: here to fight, And like I said, I think Tampa
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  Speaker 2: Bay did a great job of doing that and being professional.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's just hats off to both head
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  Speaker 2: coaches for making that happen right.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's tough.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes you see fights break out and it ruins the practice,
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  Speaker 2: but I felt like it was.
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  Speaker 1: Good Mac Jones versus to Bay, I'd go, yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: a big dude right there.
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  Speaker 2: I remember I played against my rookie year, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they got a talented group over there.
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  Speaker 1: And not only that, the scheme is really good.
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  Speaker 2: So he's definitely got a couple of pounds on me.
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  Speaker 2: Even though I'm a little heavy right now.
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  Speaker 1: How wild is it?
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  Speaker 2: Out of the six quarterbacks on the field over these
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  Speaker 2: two days, Yeah, two of them played high school football
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  Speaker 2: here in Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: You know John obviously, I've watched him for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: He's a little older than me, and got a chance
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  Speaker 2: to throw at him and train with him a few times.
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  Speaker 2: And he's a great dude, and he's earned everything he's gotten.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's fought for everything and seems like he's a
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  Speaker 2: great guy. And they got a chance to train with
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  Speaker 2: him in the off season a little bit. Same with
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  Speaker 2: Kyle So and Baker as well. Obviously, Baker's journey something
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  Speaker 2: that's inspiring for me and a lot of quarterbacks. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's not gonna be perfect from the start to the finish.
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  Speaker 2: You might go up and down, and then he kind
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  Speaker 2: of found his little home. So hopefully that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: can be inspiration for me and many others. And obviously
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  Speaker 2: I'm focused on right now and being on this team
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  Speaker 2: and being great so but yeah, I think it's a
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  Speaker 2: great group of people, and like you.
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  Speaker 1: Said, have two guys from Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 2: It's a big motivation for a great football city, a
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  Speaker 2: great football town. With really good youth sports and high
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  Speaker 2: school sports, so I'm definitely looking forward to watching some
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  Speaker 2: of that this fall.
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  Speaker 1: You might get much as a backup, you might not
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  Speaker 1: get much time in the regular season practicing playing time,
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  Speaker 1: So how do you approach these next two games knowing that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think it's it's different, right. You know,
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  Speaker 2: some years you're the starter and he may not be
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  Speaker 2: playing much. It's a lot of times the coach's decision.
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  Speaker 2: But I always want to get out there and play
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  Speaker 2: as much as I can, and I think that's good.
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  Speaker 2: Whether you're the starter, back up, third, or fourth, it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter. You want the reps in the game. I
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  Speaker 2: think that that's really beneficial for the young people. And
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  Speaker 2: I don't try and put too much pressure on these games.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just it's two games that are very important.
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  Speaker 2: But for a lot of people they might not even
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  Speaker 2: be playing, but for a lot of people it's very important.
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  Speaker 1: So you have to understand that.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm just looking forward to competing and it's not
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  Speaker 2: all gonna be perfect, but you got to learn from
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  Speaker 2: it and and continue to build the minimum into the season.
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  Speaker 1: Have you talked to Baker about that at all, whether
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  Speaker 1: it was here in training. Just the inspiration that you've
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  Speaker 1: gotten from the story.
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  Speaker 2: I talked to him a little bit last year, I think,
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  Speaker 2: or two years ago when he's on the Panthers, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we talked a little bit. And I just enjoy watching
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks journeys and everyone's just different and I can definitely
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  Speaker 2: find motivation from that one. And you know, maybe I'll
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  Speaker 2: pick his brain a little bit more. But he's a
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  Speaker 2: great quarterback who's he's fighting back and has done a
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  Speaker 2: good job of that, and I think a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people can take note.
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  Speaker 1: Cool. Thank y'all.