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Adam Archuleta: Jaguars Offense can't afford to be one dimensional | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Big matchup this week in the trenches, right Jaguar's offensive
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  Speaker 1: line against Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if there's a better book in Tandem of defensive end
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  Speaker 1: pass rush types in the NFL. I mean there's a
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  Speaker 1: few that could probably compare to that, but they went
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  Speaker 1: out and got back this year and it's a tackle
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  Speaker 1: group here in Jacksonville that paid Cam Robinson on the
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  Speaker 1: left side and they got joe one Taylor on the
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  Speaker 1: right side, who earned the job and training camp. It's
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  Speaker 1: a contract year for him. This would be a good
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  Speaker 1: step in the right direction for a new contract for
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  Speaker 1: Joan Taylor. If, if they can come out cleaning this
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  Speaker 1: game this week. Well, to me this is probably the
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  Speaker 1: biggest matchup in the game as far as as Jacksonville
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  Speaker 1: is concerned because, um, it's real. You know, those two
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  Speaker 1: guys are as good as it gets and when they're
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  Speaker 1: both on um they create havoc. They not only you
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  Speaker 1: know they're great pass rushers, I mean that goes without saying,
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  Speaker 1: but they're probably, I mean they're up there. They're just
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  Speaker 1: as good, if not better, in the run game. I
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  Speaker 1: mean the the way both of those players set the edge. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it makes it really tough. You know, last year the
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  Speaker 1: chargers were the worst team in football defending the run.
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  Speaker 1: Um Bosa has been as versatile as a defensive end
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  Speaker 1: as you could get, and then Mac two as well.
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  Speaker 1: You know. You know the thing with Mac is he
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been healthy since, you know, in the last few years, Um,
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  Speaker 1: and so if he's able to stay healthy he can
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  Speaker 1: get back to that original form. But to me that's
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  Speaker 1: the challenge for Jacksonville not to be a one dimensional
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  Speaker 1: offense in this game, because it's going to be very
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  Speaker 1: difficult to get outside. It's gonna be very difficult to
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  Speaker 1: block those edges and then that in turn, if Jacksonville
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  Speaker 1: can't run and they can't at least keep some of
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  Speaker 1: the ballots and they go one dimensional, well that's when,
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  Speaker 1: that's when life can get really, really tough. So, Um,
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  Speaker 1: that to me is going to be key. They've got
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  Speaker 1: to be able to run the football effectively. Now are
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  Speaker 1: probably not going to run for a hundred and fifty yards,
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  Speaker 1: but they've got to be productive on first and second
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  Speaker 1: down and they've got to they've got to put them
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  Speaker 1: in some manageable situations, because this game cannot get one dimentional,
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  Speaker 1: otherwise it will be a long day for both of
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  Speaker 1: those tackles. Adam Archiltta with US CBS sports. Well, this
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  Speaker 1: is a jaguars offense. Has Trevor Lawrence, of course, year two,
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  Speaker 1: but the number one priority was getting those weapons around him.
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  Speaker 1: Say Jones and free agency. Marvin Jones now veteran player
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  Speaker 1: at wide receiver, Evan England tied end but a lot
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  Speaker 1: of money to Christian Kurk and it's proving to be
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  Speaker 1: the right decision to pay a guy like that. And
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  Speaker 1: some of those other guys are making place too. I
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  Speaker 1: mean this is an offense and spread it out, at
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  Speaker 1: least so far for two weeks. But with a guy
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  Speaker 1: like Christian Kirk um he could be a matchup problem.
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  Speaker 1: He can line up a lot of different places and
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  Speaker 1: that gives Lawrence some options. Well, when you look at Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 1: they've been looking for a reliable not just a reliable
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  Speaker 1: but a reliable playmaker for how many years now? It's
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  Speaker 1: it's been kind of a long time, but since they've
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  Speaker 1: had that guy, you know, chark, you know showed some
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  Speaker 1: flashes here and there, but just somebody that they can
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  Speaker 1: actually build an offense around that can have trust in
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  Speaker 1: that a quarterback and have trusted. The thing that jumps
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  Speaker 1: out to me when I watched Christian Kirk, you know,
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  Speaker 1: not even having met him, is you can see that
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  Speaker 1: he's got a high football like you, and you can
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  Speaker 1: see that he really has a good understanding for football. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I think that helps because he played outside for this
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  Speaker 1: first few seasons in Arizona. He really started to blossom
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  Speaker 1: as a dangerous down the field threat once they moved
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  Speaker 1: him inside to the slot and he established a wonderful
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  Speaker 1: connection with Kyler Murray. So I see right now a
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  Speaker 1: quarterback in Trevor Lawrence that has a receiver that he
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  Speaker 1: can trust, and it seems like all the good ones
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  Speaker 1: have a guy that he knows that, hey, if I
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  Speaker 1: can find him, he's gonna reward me. Not only is
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  Speaker 1: he gonna be there be reliable, but there's a good
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  Speaker 1: chance we're gonna make a big play around. So you
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  Speaker 1: can see how they use them with motion, they move
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  Speaker 1: them around, they get matchups. Um, I was just watching
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  Speaker 1: a play that happened in the in the Washington, not
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  Speaker 1: the Washington, I'm sorry, the commanders game, uh, that I
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  Speaker 1: just sent to my producer and said, hey, this is
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  Speaker 1: such a cool play where they where, they motioned Kirk
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  Speaker 1: and right when he's in the backfield they snap it
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  Speaker 1: and that kind of freed up et n and they
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  Speaker 1: popped him down the middle for a big play, and
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  Speaker 1: that was all set up because of the motion by Kirk.
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  Speaker 1: So Um they're doing a really good job scheming around
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  Speaker 1: their players and they do have a guy that that
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  Speaker 1: can create um some plays down the field and be
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  Speaker 1: there for their quarterbacks. So what turned out to be
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  Speaker 1: a great pick up so far and take us through
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  Speaker 1: this charger secondary. They got J C Jackson's on the
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  Speaker 1: injury list this week at one of the corners, but
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  Speaker 1: through when James is back there at safety, your safety.
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  Speaker 1: Where does this guy rate in the NFL landscape? Obviously
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  Speaker 1: pretty high if he's getting paid like absolutely. And as
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  Speaker 1: a guy that played safety who is more of a specialist, uh,
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  Speaker 1: more of a linebacker in the box specialist, I can
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  Speaker 1: really appreciate the difficulty of how hard it is to
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  Speaker 1: be as well rounded as Derwin James, and there's a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of professional jealousy there when I watch him play,
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  Speaker 1: because he really he really can do it all, because
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  Speaker 1: he's got tremendous size. The first thing that stands out
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  Speaker 1: is how much ground he can eat up, whether he's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in the post, whether he's deep, or even
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  Speaker 1: when he reads run and he comes up and he's
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  Speaker 1: able to close the distance so quickly. Um, the fact
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  Speaker 1: that he can line up in a slot and guard
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  Speaker 1: receivers on first and second down. He could blitz as
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  Speaker 1: good as anybody in the NFL. He is a force
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  Speaker 1: coming up in the run and the range to play
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  Speaker 1: free safety. He's as versatile and as good as it gets.
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  Speaker 1: and Um, because he's so versatile, it gives their defense
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  Speaker 1: a lot of flexibility to disguise on early downs. In
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  Speaker 1: late downs, the quarterback really never has a good idea
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  Speaker 1: of what they're doing because of where James Lines up.
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  Speaker 1: So he truly is an all around impact player. All right, Adam,
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  Speaker 1: final thought with you, and you know, if the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: win this game kind of sends a message to the League.
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  Speaker 1: This is a chargers team that was picked to go
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  Speaker 1: a long way by a lot of people and if
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  Speaker 1: they go out to Sofi Stadium and get it done,
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  Speaker 1: I think that would be an early salvo to the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the FC south. Certainly the A F C
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  Speaker 1: that the Jaguars might have a little something extra this year.
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  Speaker 1: But for Doug Peterson, don't tell him that. I mean
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  Speaker 1: this is a week to week league. It's so, what
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  Speaker 1: about last week's win? Now what? And now what's The chargers?
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  Speaker 1: That's a challenge, just the third youngest team in the League.
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  Speaker 1: That to keep this group level and steady. It is
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  Speaker 1: and it's a balance because you want your players to
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  Speaker 1: be enthusiastic about winning and so you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: downplay being able to beat your division your division rival,
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  Speaker 1: who's supposed to be a very good team in the colts.
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  Speaker 1: And so I do think you have to relish winning,
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  Speaker 1: you have to enjoy winning, but also that's the key
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  Speaker 1: to coaching, is the key to life, is how to
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  Speaker 1: be present at the moment and not live in your
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  Speaker 1: past success or failures and certainly not look forward to
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  Speaker 1: the future. So it is a tremendous opportunity to go
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  Speaker 1: all the way, you know, across the country the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 1: What what's that? They've they've lost what Nineteen Road Games,
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  Speaker 1: something like that, straight, I think. Um So. And you look,
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  Speaker 1: that's a challenge in and of itself to go all
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  Speaker 1: the way across the country and play on the road
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  Speaker 1: after a win. You know, there's so many things that
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  Speaker 1: you're trying to build in your football team and build
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  Speaker 1: some resiliency and build some grit and build some toughness.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a challenge for many, many reasons. Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I if they if they're able to pull it off
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  Speaker 1: and win. I understand your point and saying hey, that's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, showing the league, but I gotta be honest
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  Speaker 1: with you, nobody in the league cares, because nobody cares
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  Speaker 1: that Jacksonville beat the colts. They don't care if they
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  Speaker 1: lost with the colts. Um, they won't care if they
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  Speaker 1: beat the chargers because every week it's a new opponent
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  Speaker 1: and it's another opportunity to get better and learn something
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  Speaker 1: about your team and if you take it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: anything more than that, then I think you're doing a
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  Speaker 1: disservice and you can't play at the highest level possible.
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  Speaker 1: So Um, hey, it's a great week three challenge for
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  Speaker 1: Doug Peterson to build off of what they did yes
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  Speaker 1: or last week against the colts. You sound like a
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  Speaker 1: coach yourself at them. Well, I coach. I Dabble in coaching.
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  Speaker 1: Actually I think I'm a coach at heart. Um, that's
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  Speaker 1: probably where I should have been rather than being in television.
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  Speaker 1: Not that I don't Love My job, but uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I I get to uh, I get to wet that
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  Speaker 1: appetite with my kids and coaching their youth teams and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's all about. To me, it's all about
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  Speaker 1: the mental game and teaching, teaching young people and teaching
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  Speaker 1: athletes the mental side of it and how to approach,
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  Speaker 1: you know, be you becoming great, how to approach dealing
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  Speaker 1: with success and, more importantly, how to deal with and
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  Speaker 1: use failure as a springboard to improve. So, Um, I
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  Speaker 1: love it and uh, I don't know, who knows, maybe
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  Speaker 1: someday I I will also see myself on the sideline.
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  Speaker 1: That would be something to see, for sure. It's always
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  Speaker 1: great to visit with you. Thanks for the time, Adam.
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  Speaker 1: Have a great call. Absolutely. Thank you.