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Press Pass | Doug Pederson Meets with Media Ahead of 2024 OTAs · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Good more everybody, let's uh, let's get started.
• 0:07
  Speaker 2: What do you need to see from your team through.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: OTAs stay healthy? You know, it's we're still look this
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  Speaker 1: the this next phase is it's good to be able
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  Speaker 1: to do a little competition and compete against each other,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, within the rules, it's we got to
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  Speaker 1: make sure we protect each other. You just don't want
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  Speaker 1: any injuries. We're still again, we're still teaching and learning
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: and developing and and you know all of that. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, I don't really go into it with a
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  Speaker 1: lot of depth charts in mind, you know. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to get everybody opportunity to put them on
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  Speaker 1: you know, put them on film and see what we
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  Speaker 1: do have.
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  Speaker 3: I'm looking training camp. Do you have any joint practices.
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  Speaker 1: Planned Tampa Bay Week two? Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: This, yes here.
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  Speaker 2: Are there any changes this year because of the new
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  Speaker 2: defensive coaching staff to the o tas, Are you changing
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  Speaker 2: anything up or kind of just say.
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  Speaker 1: No, same schedule. You know, you're within a six hour window.
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  Speaker 1: Uh so we try to cram a lot into into
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  Speaker 1: those six hours.
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  Speaker 3: How has au Christian looked. I know at the tail
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  Speaker 3: end of the season, he was working his way back
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  Speaker 3: and he probably would've come back and playoffs. But how
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  Speaker 3: how's he looked.
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  Speaker 1: He looks healthy, he looks strong. Hasn't been any you know,
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  Speaker 1: no setbacks with him, so he see he's uh, he's right,
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  Speaker 1: He's right on track, doing doing everything. He looks he
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  Speaker 1: looks really good.
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  Speaker 3: And how as a guy like him where you know,
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  Speaker 3: this his third year in the system, he's kind of
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  Speaker 3: the veteran guy in the system at this point, how
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  Speaker 3: important is he in that room?
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  Speaker 1: It's huge, you know, Veteran leadership in every room is
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  Speaker 1: is key, and especially in that one cause we can
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  Speaker 1: do have some young players in there.
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  Speaker 4: What do you want to see out of Travis Ken
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  Speaker 4: this year?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know last year has wanted to kind
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  Speaker 2: of reduce the workload a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: It didn't work out that way, maybe as well as
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  Speaker 4: you hope.
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  Speaker 2: Is that sort of.
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  Speaker 4: Playing a game for this year for him?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard to you know, put necessarily a rep
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  Speaker 1: count on it, but but we you know, you do
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  Speaker 1: wanna keep him as healthy as you can throughout the season.
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  Speaker 1: And and that's why you know, as you know, we've
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  Speaker 1: talked about this too as a staff and myself, making
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  Speaker 1: sure Tank gets gets opportunities to get out there and
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  Speaker 1: and take some of the take some of the pounding
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  Speaker 1: off off of Travis. But again just taking another step.
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  Speaker 1: He's really you know, yeah, year three, you know, with
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  Speaker 1: us in the offense and and just seeing his his
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  Speaker 1: you know, his growth. I think I think, I think
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  Speaker 1: there's more out there that he can he can get
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  Speaker 1: yard wise, and you know, it definitely be an emphasis,
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  Speaker 1: you know, utilizing him more so in the run game
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  Speaker 1: and making sure that that you know, those yards that
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  Speaker 1: are there, that we're we're doing the right things, We're
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  Speaker 1: hitting the right holes, we're anticipating you know, defenders and
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  Speaker 1: blocking schemes and all that kind of stuff, and and
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  Speaker 1: then being able to take the wear and tear off
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  Speaker 1: them with tank.
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  Speaker 4: What have you learned about the professionalism of Mench Morris
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  Speaker 4: so far? I know you can't see much on the field,
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  Speaker 4: but just how he.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, just again a veteran leader, you know, someone brings
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  Speaker 1: a lot of experience to that position and to that
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  Speaker 1: to that group. Been really good with Luke, those two
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  Speaker 1: have been, you know, working extremely close obviously, and and
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  Speaker 1: and Mitch has been a great resource for for Luke,
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  Speaker 1: and it's been it's been Uh, it's been good and
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  Speaker 1: that's what you want to see out of out of
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  Speaker 1: veteran players, you know, the same with you know, Brandon Sheriff.
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  Speaker 1: I mean he's another another one with some of the
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  Speaker 1: young young offensive linemen that we do have what you.
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  Speaker 4: Buy when you come back in London for week twelve
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  Speaker 4: with that schedules out a little bit further out.
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  Speaker 1: Than well maybe by a week or two, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's in a good position, you know, other than
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  Speaker 1: the one you know, the Monday night game all Sunday games,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and you get into a rhythm and
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  Speaker 1: a flow that way. But you know, some somewhere in
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  Speaker 1: there you do like the Thursday, you know, even though
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  Speaker 1: we don't have one, you that Thursday is kind of
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  Speaker 1: a mini buy you know, and there but look, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's you know, it's a great schedule for us and
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to competing and seeing what happens.
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  Speaker 3: Cooper accomplished what you wanted him to end this what
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  Speaker 3: announced your restro.
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  Speaker 1: Season Cooper Hodges.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and this is his health, uh where he wanted
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  Speaker 3: to be right now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, his health is good. You know, he's got to
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  Speaker 1: continue to get stronger. As we know, but he's doing
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  Speaker 1: some great things out there. You know, this next phase
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  Speaker 1: will be critical and again it's nothing necessarily the not
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  Speaker 1: so much the physicality of phase three, but just the
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  Speaker 1: mental part of phase three, right and just understanding, you know,
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  Speaker 1: our our offense again and getting back in it and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, so it's a he's in a good spot,
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  Speaker 1: but we've got to continue to see you know, the
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  Speaker 1: growth with.
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  Speaker 4: Him where he was a year ago to where he
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  Speaker 4: was six seven months ago. Devon Hamilton, how would you
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  Speaker 4: evaluate the last twelve months.
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  Speaker 1: Much much different, more like twenty two than twenty three
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  Speaker 1: with him, Uh, the old Devon you know is back
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  Speaker 1: and and he's he's got great energy out there through
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  Speaker 1: phase two, through phase one and two. He's excited to
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  Speaker 1: be back on the field. I think he's excited for
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  Speaker 1: his health, you know as well. I mean we all
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  Speaker 1: know that was a that was a a scary deal
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  Speaker 1: that he went through. And but he's he's really worked hard.
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  Speaker 1: He's worked hard to put himself in this position and
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  Speaker 1: and just look again for great things and for him
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  Speaker 1: to get back to to his old self he was
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  Speaker 1: a couple years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Generally for you, for his teammates, what is it like
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  Speaker 2: seeing him back to twenty two devon.
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  Speaker 4: On the field.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's great for me. It's just it's great
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  Speaker 1: to just see him out there and smiling and and
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  Speaker 1: being around his teammates. And you know, he's he's one
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  Speaker 1: of those just a great leader in that room, but
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  Speaker 1: I think more so on the team as well. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's a guy that doesn't say a whole lot, you know,
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  Speaker 1: but he does it more through example and how he works.
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  Speaker 1: And and that's what's good to see right now. With
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  Speaker 1: him back on the field, when can you start to
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  Speaker 1: get an idea if the guys from the twenty three
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  Speaker 1: draft class are ready to take that kind of next
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  Speaker 1: step forward in their careers, Well, they're going to get
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity, you know now through Phase three and again
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  Speaker 1: through training camp. You know. But you know, some of
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  Speaker 1: those guys did some good things this past year, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for us, and we got to continue the growth and
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  Speaker 1: development and and you know, each year is is is
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  Speaker 1: you know like starting over. You know, the competition starts
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  Speaker 1: over and everything else, and that really I think starts
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  Speaker 1: here in the next you know, really these next three
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  Speaker 1: and a half weeks or so.
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  Speaker 2: Head coach as a head coach. Do you find feel
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  Speaker 2: like it's a big deal for you or important for
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  Speaker 2: you that Trevor gets his contract situation solved before the
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  Speaker 2: start of this year or isn't really my part of
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  Speaker 2: the business.
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  Speaker 1: And I think it's part of the business. But I
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  Speaker 1: mean I think you know, obviously, the sooner you get
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  Speaker 1: it done, right, it's it's behind everybody and now we
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  Speaker 1: focus on football, and so that's not lingering and that's
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  Speaker 1: not out there, you know. I I I know Trent
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  Speaker 1: and his agent, excuse me, they've they've continued to talk
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  Speaker 1: and we'll talk and and they're working hard and tirelessly,
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, I just got to got to
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  Speaker 1: coach Trevor and coach football and hopefully it gets done
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  Speaker 1: and it will.
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  Speaker 2: Does London matter to you home and away? First second?
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  Speaker 1: Is it?
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  Speaker 3: Did you look at it and go, I.
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  Speaker 1: Mean it's London, right, I mean we're away, so you
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  Speaker 1: know it's it's obviously taking a game away from here,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from Jacksonville, but you know we do have
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  Speaker 1: a great fan base there and and so it does
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  Speaker 1: feel like a home game, you know, when you're at Wembley.
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  Speaker 1: But as far as when we play it doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: Get to stay at the same place I think we
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  Speaker 1: are this year. I think we are. Yeah, that makes
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  Speaker 1: a difference. We don't have to move. Yeah for Trevors, Well,
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  Speaker 1: this time of year, obviously, the the leadership you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: veteran guy, Guys that go, you know, they're gonna look
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  Speaker 1: up to him. How well he you know, incorporates some
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  Speaker 1: of the young players that we do have, you know
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  Speaker 1: that we're working with and developing and and obviously you
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  Speaker 1: know Brian being one of them now and you know,
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  Speaker 1: working with Mitch, working with Luke, you know, all these
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  Speaker 1: guys getting you know, getting time with Gabe and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just just getting comfortable there. But I think that the
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  Speaker 1: leadership part of leading this football team, right and and
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  Speaker 1: and really you know, uh, embracing that I think this
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  Speaker 1: time of year. And then that carries over to camp.
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  Speaker 4: How did uh Brian look first week? Obviously, I know
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  Speaker 4: it wasn't full go last week for full s.
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  Speaker 3: First week with the rest of the veterans.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 1: Really a smart guy. He's picked up you know, the
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  Speaker 1: things that we've introduced to him, He's picked it up well,
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  Speaker 1: He's been able to retain it and recall it and
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  Speaker 1: looks looks smooth on the field, and we're gonna continue
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  Speaker 1: to work and there's some things we gotta, you know,
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  Speaker 1: work with that he didn't see in college defensively that
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna see here in the NFL. And and so
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  Speaker 1: we'll continue to work with him on that and and
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  Speaker 1: but you know, just again it's just the amount of
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  Speaker 1: time he and Trevor have, you know, throwing and Gabe.
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  Speaker 1: I think Gabe's in that same kind of in that
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  Speaker 1: same boat. They all got to get on the same page.
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  Speaker 1: So limited, yes, yes, how many guys do you have
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  Speaker 1: and gab Gabe had a child over the weekend, so
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  Speaker 1: he's he'll be out today and tomorrow. He's still dealing
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  Speaker 1: with that.
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  Speaker 3: How many guys do you have in that boat who
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  Speaker 3: aren't who aren't going to be able to need you.
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  Speaker 4: Just you're a whole dact.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we you know, obviously we had the
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  Speaker 1: guys that had the surgeries at the end of the season.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, Andre Cisco had the shoulder, you know Anton,
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  Speaker 1: you know, uh, you know, c J. Bethter. But he'll
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  Speaker 1: be fine to do you know, we don't hit the quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: He'll be fine to do everything. You know, Uh, Lorenzo
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  Speaker 1: the running back, the new running back. You know, he's
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  Speaker 1: another one that's limited with his shoulder coming out coming
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  Speaker 1: out of college. You know, Gabes another one that's going
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  Speaker 1: to be limited. But you know they'll you'll see him today.
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  Speaker 1: They'll be in an orange or a red jersey and
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  Speaker 1: just we just gotta limit the contact. We just don't
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  Speaker 1: want these setbacks this time of year.
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  Speaker 2: A few months. Any impressions of Ryan Jilson.
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  Speaker 1: Yet, Yeah, I mean, gosh, he's outstanding job with the
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  Speaker 1: staff defensively, just getting those guys prepared and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: uh introducing his his scheme and his philosophy to the defense,
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  Speaker 1: and then and then preparing the players. What I've seen,
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: you know, during Phase two there's a lot of just
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: a lot of teaching and coaching going on that that uh,
• 10:51
  Speaker 1: you know, these guys, these guys need and and I
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  Speaker 1: think just the way he approaches each day, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as a as a learning opportunity and a teaching you
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: know moment. And I'll tell you this now, he loves
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  Speaker 1: he loves mixing it up with the players. He'll get
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  Speaker 1: in there and demonstrate an individual drill or you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: fall on a loose ball fumble or whatever it might be.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't mind. He doesn't mind getting dirty. So that's uh,
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  Speaker 1: that's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 4: Off season is Devin Lloyd had And what's the next
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  Speaker 4: step for him going to year three?
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  Speaker 1: I think Devin's had a really good off season. You know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously year three new system, So how fast and you know,
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  Speaker 1: can he can he get can he learn it?
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  Speaker 3: You know?
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  Speaker 1: And and but I think too seeing himself on film
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  Speaker 1: just continuing to get better and improving. You're seeing that
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  Speaker 1: out of him. And and you know, the challenge for
• 11:46
  Speaker 1: all those guys really on defense is just the terminology
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  Speaker 1: and just picking up a new scheme. And and you know,
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  Speaker 1: Devin has done a nice job in phase two what
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  Speaker 1: I've seen just watching him out there and you know,
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  Speaker 1: talking to Matt House and and listening to him talk.
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  Speaker 1: And Devin's in a good place.
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  Speaker 4: Once Josh Allen's playing, uh in terms of getting himself ready,
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  Speaker 4: is he here or is he doing kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of more of what he did last year, more of
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  Speaker 1: what he's done you know, Uh trains out in Arizona,
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  Speaker 1: and you know he was here for the first couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks, which was great to have him around, have
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  Speaker 1: him around his teammates, and and you know, the one
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  Speaker 1: thing that that I don't worry about Josh. Josh knows.
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  Speaker 1: Josh knows Josh, you know, and he knows how to
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  Speaker 1: get himself prepared and ready, and he always comes back
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  Speaker 1: in shape and and and ready to go. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's done it, and it's time for you know, time,
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  Speaker 1: it's a it's a time for him to to really
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  Speaker 1: get healthy and fresh and and and be ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: It's a plan for Walker little going into this year.
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  Speaker 2: Is he strictly swim tackle? Is you your right tackle?
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  Speaker 3: Is he? No?
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  Speaker 1: I think he's I think he's got a great opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to just to compete, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: and see you know, see where we're at. I mean
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  Speaker 1: it's you know, we're we're blessed to have three, you know,
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  Speaker 1: tackles like we do. And of course Blake Cants can play,
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  Speaker 1: and the guys that have filled in you know last
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  Speaker 1: year for Ust did a great job. But I think
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  Speaker 1: I think in Walker's case, it's it's a great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to really compete and and and challenge and and push
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  Speaker 1: and you know, that's the kind of the message to
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  Speaker 1: the guys is you know, you can't get comfortable if
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  Speaker 1: you feel like you're a starter. You can't get comfortable
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  Speaker 1: because there's another guy that's pushing you. So again, you know,
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  Speaker 1: depth charts don't matter this time of year as much
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  Speaker 1: as continuing to improve.
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  Speaker 2: Do you expect Juan Bosster to just be a tackle
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  Speaker 2: or will you play some guard as well?
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  Speaker 1: Positions right now with the numbers we have, you know,
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  Speaker 1: keep in one position, let them learn that and then
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  Speaker 1: and then progress slowly as we go. Okay, thanks starting,
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  Speaker 1: Thanks guys,