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Press Pass | Brian Thomas Jr. on Breaking Records, Performance in Loss vs. Jets · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Hey, Brian, two touchdowns today. Can you just describe to
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  Speaker 1: us how you got free and scored on both those?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: The first one, it was it was like in a
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  Speaker 3: three one formation, had a little over route safety ended
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  Speaker 3: up coming down driving on the tight end, so I
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  Speaker 3: was able to pop open and uh second one, hold on?
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, I had a.
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  Speaker 3: Choice route and I was able to cross across my
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  Speaker 3: defender's face and break his leverage and caught it and
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  Speaker 3: just seen it was wide open, so I ran to that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, right on.
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  Speaker 5: The Uh question is when you came into the season,
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  Speaker 5: what kind of expectations did you have as a first
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  Speaker 5: round selection? What what did you think you could accomplish
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  Speaker 5: rookie year.
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  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: As I came into the season, my expectations were just
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  Speaker 3: to be the best player that I could be. Go
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  Speaker 3: out there, put in the work and just let that
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  Speaker 3: let that show for me. I came out wanting to
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  Speaker 3: just put my best foot forward each and every day
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  Speaker 3: and just be the best I can be as a team.
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  Speaker 3: Ain't be the best I gotta be as a player
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  Speaker 3: and see where that takes me.
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  Speaker 6: Brian, on the last on the last play where the
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  Speaker 6: ball was intercepted, did you think the ball was coming
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  Speaker 6: to you because it looked like over the middle you
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  Speaker 6: had a little you had an opening there, you were there,
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  Speaker 6: but you know the ball went behind you. Unfortunately Mac
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  Speaker 6: overthrew Parker. But did you think the ball was coming
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  Speaker 6: to you or were you not sure?
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  Speaker 4: Nah? I wasn't. I didn't. I didn't think it was coming.
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  Speaker 4: I didn't. I didn't really see.
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  Speaker 3: I wasn't able to see like the covers that they
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  Speaker 3: were in or whatever, So I didn't.
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  Speaker 6: Could you also talk about where does the humility that
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  Speaker 6: you have come from? Because quite frankly, a lot of
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  Speaker 6: really good receivers in the NFL have a kind of
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  Speaker 6: a little bit of a lot of diva in them,
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  Speaker 6: and you don't have that at all. Why is that?
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  Speaker 3: I just try to be humble, Uh, try to go
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  Speaker 3: by my day each and never bay just being the
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  Speaker 3: best person I can be. I really just just trying
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  Speaker 3: to just being humble because I know it can, as
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  Speaker 3: it's happened to it all be taken away from you
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  Speaker 3: in a second. So I just got to be humble
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  Speaker 3: about everything and just gonna push forward and be the
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  Speaker 3: best that I could be each and every day.
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  Speaker 7: Mike Brotski Florida National News, Brian, you broke two records today,
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  Speaker 7: rookie records for the Jaguars, most yards, most touchdowns. Was
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  Speaker 7: that important to you to set records like that or
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  Speaker 7: does that How does that fit in with your your
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  Speaker 7: goals for the team and goals that personally?
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  Speaker 4: Uh, I mean it comes with it.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: I mean just I was just going out there just playing.
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  Speaker 3: It comes with it, just being the best that I
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  Speaker 3: can be. And uh it turned out it turned out
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  Speaker 3: good for me. Uh, just being able to break those record,
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  Speaker 3: but I mean at the end of the day, we
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  Speaker 3: still wanted to go out there and win as a team.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean, yeah, going into the game, did you
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  Speaker 2: know that you had the ability to break both those records?
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  Speaker 2: Were you thinking about that pre game?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I know, I know Max said earlier in the week
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  Speaker 2: you kind of demand the football, not in a diva way,
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  Speaker 2: but did you kind of talk to him and maybe
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  Speaker 2: pressed about trying to break those two records?
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  Speaker 4: Nah?
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  Speaker 3: I just just went out there and just play the
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  Speaker 3: game the right way. I let everything come to me.
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  Speaker 3: Uh they we everybody knew, So I mean I didn't
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  Speaker 3: really have to say anything, but I just go out
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  Speaker 3: there and just try to play the game the right way. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: and if it comes to me, it comes to me,
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  Speaker 3: you know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, what were your emotions when they made the announcement
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  Speaker 2: and you know you saw the Brian Thomas Junior record breaking?
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  Speaker 2: What were your emotions on the.
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  Speaker 3: Yards when I was like, I was kind of I
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  Speaker 3: was super excited because they called me. I didn't know
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  Speaker 3: if I had it or not, So yeah, I was
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  Speaker 3: super excited about both of them. Really, I knew when
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  Speaker 3: I got the touchdown I was I broke it, So
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  Speaker 3: it was just super exciting for me. It was a
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  Speaker 3: It was a great moment, but at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the day still I just wanted to it'd be better
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  Speaker 3: if forgot to win.
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  Speaker 2: Who was that woman that you gave the ball to?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my mama?
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  Speaker 2: What's your relationship like?
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  Speaker 4: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: Me and my mom have a great relationship. My mom
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  Speaker 3: and my dad, they were both here today. I love
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  Speaker 3: both of them and the and my mom got a
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  Speaker 3: great relationship as a.
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  Speaker 4: Woman who raised me, took care of me my whole life.
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  Speaker 4: She means the world to me.
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  Speaker 2: Last question, when you knew that you scored that touchdown,
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  Speaker 2: was I mean, did you guys plan that giving the
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  Speaker 2: ball to her.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we had talked about it.
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  Speaker 3: She been wanted me to give her one, but I
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  Speaker 3: just every time I score just got side and I
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  Speaker 3: had never really thought about it, but I was like
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  Speaker 3: this time, I remember, Yeah, I remember, and I went gave.
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  Speaker 4: It to that.
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  Speaker 1: Brian, Unlike a lot of first round draft pick receivers,
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  Speaker 1: you came into a room that has some pretty solid
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  Speaker 1: established guys. What have they been like in terms of
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  Speaker 1: helping you with your development and who would you say
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  Speaker 1: is help you the most?
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  Speaker 4: Ah, They've been great with just Gabe and Christian.
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  Speaker 3: They've been great to me, just teaching me a lot,
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  Speaker 3: me being able to learn from them them continue continuously
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  Speaker 3: helping me on the sideline. Me and Christian were talking
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  Speaker 3: out like certain coverages and how I should run certain
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  Speaker 3: routes and just them being there for me. They've been great,
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  Speaker 3: great teammates, great brothers for me. Are super supportive and
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  Speaker 3: they just wish to hope for the best for uh
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  Speaker 3: for me?
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  Speaker 4: How do you love? Brian?
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  Speaker 6: Sounds like you're having a hard time really truly enjoying
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  Speaker 6: the moments just because the way the season is gone
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  Speaker 6: in terms of win losses.
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  Speaker 4: Is that true?
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  Speaker 6: Are you having a hard time really enjoying the success.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: I mean I wouldn't say it was like a hard time,
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  Speaker 3: but at the end of the day, I mean, you
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  Speaker 3: know you what you want. You know that at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the goal is to be like as good
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  Speaker 3: as a team. I mean, it's not really about personal accomplishments.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You always wanna be, uh be the best you can
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  Speaker 3: be as a team, and the personal accomplishments will come
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  Speaker 3: with it.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, alright, your