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Press Pass | Dawuane Smoot: "We have a different kind of focus" · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we got we got a couple more hours, but
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  Speaker 1: um yeah, twenty four hour. We were already on the Philly,
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  Speaker 1: were already watched them now getting ready for next week.
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  Speaker 1: So you can't get too high. I can't get too love.
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  Speaker 1: Just gotta stay time, you guys. This whole business like
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  Speaker 1: approaching even Keil. Not too high, not too low. I
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  Speaker 1: mean it was big this year. I mean we we
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  Speaker 1: know that the NFL's is so close, each game can
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  Speaker 1: be close, and it's just a little thing. So we
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  Speaker 1: really focus on the little things this year. I mean
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  Speaker 1: that's what he really preached this this whole offseason and
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  Speaker 1: into the season, just the little things and just focusing
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  Speaker 1: on those doing those things right. You've been here in
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  Speaker 1: Jacksonville for a while. Does this year's team feel different
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  Speaker 1: than some of the ones you've been a part of
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  Speaker 1: in the past. Definitely, it definitely definitely feels different. I
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  Speaker 1: feel like we're we have a different kind of focus
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  Speaker 1: and like, um, I guess, just some motivation each week
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  Speaker 1: going and going into each week week we're looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to each opponent and we're coming in and we're preparing
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  Speaker 1: each week just differently. Is there a different level of
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  Speaker 1: confidence in the locker room on this team too. Definitely,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like each each win that where we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: way with. We're just growing in confidence each week and
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm I'm excited to see what we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: do next week. When you talk about this feels different,
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  Speaker 1: and it's pretty clear it is different. Why do you
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  Speaker 1: think it is? Um, I'll just just say our preparation
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  Speaker 1: each week, I mean, we're we're really we're really focusing
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  Speaker 1: on each key and we're really focused on like the
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  Speaker 1: little small things that we see, like it can be
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  Speaker 1: like a hill lift on the center and we're focused
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  Speaker 1: on that this I mean that week and just really
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  Speaker 1: just focus on the little things that really just perfecting
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  Speaker 1: those things. So training camp, you you you go up
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  Speaker 1: against your offensive line, and when you're on the sideline,
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  Speaker 1: you might be busy talk in your position coach things
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  Speaker 1: like earth, but you have you taken notice the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks, I'll improve the offensive line has gotten
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  Speaker 1: from game one to right now. Definitely. I mean we're
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  Speaker 1: we're battling each each Wednesday and Thursday. We're going hard.
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  Speaker 1: So I feel like what we're doing is like helping
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  Speaker 1: them as well. But they've been tremendous like they've they've helped.
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  Speaker 1: I mean they've like they didn't give them a sack.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even think this week, Yeah they so, I
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  Speaker 1: mean that that's a credit to them. They're they're really
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  Speaker 1: bawling out there. So how much trash talker competitiveness is
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  Speaker 1: there amongst the defense? You got your forced fumbles, Now
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  Speaker 1: you're in on the turnover party? Is there is there
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  Speaker 1: any trash talk amongst everybody about okay, we get we
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  Speaker 1: getting these turnovers? You ain't got one yet. Yeah. It
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  Speaker 1: was definitely like that last week. I wasn't even on
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  Speaker 1: the board yet. It was all three of them guys.
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  Speaker 1: They end up getting a sacked last week and I
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't even know the board. So I was definitely focused
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  Speaker 1: on getting getting on that board this weekend. Accomplished that.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, how much I mean Mike cole Will talked
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  Speaker 1: about last week about you guys even competing with each other.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, does that give you just that much extra motivation?
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to be the guy left out of
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  Speaker 1: the party. Definitely, it's a race of the quarterback each time.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we're are out there with Trayvon, with Josh
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  Speaker 1: just a race, So we're just trying to get there
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  Speaker 1: as soon as we can because we know the next
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  Speaker 1: guy he's gonna be right right, be honest. When you
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  Speaker 1: guys can sit on the sideline and kind of get
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  Speaker 1: your legs back as the offense goes on long six, seven,
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  Speaker 1: eight mini drives and give you guys a chance to
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  Speaker 1: get your broth, it helps a lot for the defense,
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  Speaker 1: I mean the I mean, the best thing that we
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  Speaker 1: want to do is not being the field. The best
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  Speaker 1: defense is not on the field. So um, we're we
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  Speaker 1: We've we've been happy with the production of the offense
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  Speaker 1: has been able to do keep us off the field,
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  Speaker 1: for sure. Cool. Why are they has We're just thinking
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  Speaker 1: it every day. I mean, like like coach Set says,
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  Speaker 1: just think turn away, think think takeaways. Each day, even
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  Speaker 1: before we wake up for breakfast, were thinking takeaway. So
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  Speaker 1: each day we're just trying to get our hand on it.
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  Speaker 1: We're focusing on punching out the ball, were like, and
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  Speaker 1: accepting the ball each day. We've been focused on just
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  Speaker 1: getting better and better with that, you know, taking advantage
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  Speaker 1: of opportunities. You made U casual references here and there
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  Speaker 1: between this defense and two thousands and seventeen. You didn't
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  Speaker 1: say they were. They're not the exact same, but you
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  Speaker 1: know that defense got eight defensive touchdowns if you count
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs, they had eight touchdowns in one in your
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  Speaker 1: rookie year. Uh, if you have to pinpoint in one
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  Speaker 1: area or something specific where you feel like they have
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  Speaker 1: a lot in common, what would you say, I say,
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  Speaker 1: our pass rush. I mean, we're we're in the face
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  Speaker 1: of the quarterback each time. I mean we haven't been
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  Speaker 1: able to capitalize and get those eleven sack games and
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  Speaker 1: nine sack games. But I feel like it's coming. I
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  Speaker 1: mean we're working each each day to just you know,
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  Speaker 1: Russia is one, and I feel like that's it's a
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  Speaker 1: big similarity. Sure, those Wednesday Thursday practices of those who
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  Speaker 1: weren't physical than what you guys have had around here.
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  Speaker 1: The lord I would say we had Wednesday definitely is
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  Speaker 1: I mean even even we even though like, uh we
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  Speaker 1: have have like pod of practice for like half the practice,
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  Speaker 1: but like we're going hard the whole time. We're doing
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  Speaker 1: like team around, We're going we're going hard east time,
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  Speaker 1: we're competing. So I definitely feel like it's it's been
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  Speaker 1: way more physical. So also it's helped a lot. For like,
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  Speaker 1: each game we're coming in with a physical mindset. I
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  Speaker 1: mean each time we're trying to establish a new line
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  Speaker 1: of scrimmage. So it's been helping us tremendously. Taking guys
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  Speaker 1: a little bit too. I mean you're expected to bang
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  Speaker 1: around campus. I learned that that's to take guys a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. It's kind of used to that physical right
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  Speaker 1: on many days. I don't think so. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: our preparation in our recovery, I mean it's been a
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  Speaker 1: big thing. We were focusing on recovering, and we have
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  Speaker 1: a lot of vet guys, so we were able to
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  Speaker 1: help out the younger guys and kind of get them
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  Speaker 1: on the regiment as well too. Defensive pitched back to
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  Speaker 1: back really strong. How do you continue to build off
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  Speaker 1: of that? I mean you go from a shutout to
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  Speaker 1: holding one of the top offenses in the league and
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people's opinions attend points. How do you
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  Speaker 1: continue to build off of that and pitch better and
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  Speaker 1: better games. I was focusing on the things that we
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  Speaker 1: started with is stopping the run, and that's that's that's
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  Speaker 1: been exactly that's been our focus all week. I mean
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  Speaker 1: stopping the run. I mean, especially in today week, we
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  Speaker 1: know that we know that's that's how our offense goes.
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  Speaker 1: So we stopped the run, we can all have fun.
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  Speaker 1: So that's been the focus. When you go against the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback like Jalen Hurts like this upcoming week, how important
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  Speaker 1: is it to everybody stay on their responsibilities because he
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  Speaker 1: can get those rushing yards on his own. Yeah, he
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  Speaker 1: can get out of the pocket. So we really have
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  Speaker 1: just focused on our Russian lanes and be rush and
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  Speaker 1: as one unit. For sure this week that God wants
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  Speaker 1: super Bowl there, so it's probably a special game. Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we know, a specially game for for him and a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of other coaches as well to a lot of
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  Speaker 1: them were in Philly too, so I man, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: definitely gonna be a ward we're ready for. I want
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  Speaker 1: to go get one for Doug. Oh yeah, that's that's
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  Speaker 1: the go or big sack and big hit at the
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  Speaker 1: same time. Vick choose strip sack, we get get the
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  Speaker 1: ball back for the offense and feel feel position. Why
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  Speaker 1: not else? All right, thanks, thank you,