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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Jaguars Broadcast We Can Review podcast presented
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Speaker 1: by t I A A Bank JP Shadrick with you
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Speaker 1: on Friday, August and it's week three of the preseason.
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Speaker 1: Coming up today a review of the best of the
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Speaker 1: week on Jaguars dot Com and Jaguars Broadcasting, including Urban
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Speaker 1: Meyer's timing of naming the starting quarterback, Jeff Darlington of
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Speaker 1: two thousand. Let's start with preseason week two, the loss
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Speaker 1: of the Saints on Monday Night Football, and immediately after
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Speaker 1: each game, we have the first Word with head coach
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Speaker 1: Irban Meyer on Jaguars Postgame presented by Florida Home a
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Speaker 1: C on the Jaguars Radio Network. Some early field position
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Speaker 1: advantage for New Orleans didn't work out in your favor
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Speaker 1: some early three and outs, and but you know I
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Speaker 1: had a little flurry late on offense, take us through
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Speaker 1: offensively the night for your team. Yeah, I kind of
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Speaker 1: went in the game wanted to uh get the run
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Speaker 1: game going a little bit, and then uh, you know,
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Speaker 1: then Cam Robinson sprained his ankle, uh yesterday or two
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Speaker 1: days ago, and we just weren't getting movement up front,
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Speaker 1: and then you know, we're gonna the game plan was
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Speaker 1: go into run the ball a little bit and good
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Speaker 1: play action off of it. You know, it's the greatest
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Speaker 1: way to help a young quarterback. And we weren't able
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Speaker 1: to run the ball, and so um, you know, we
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Speaker 1: had a nice naked to his left or boot to
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Speaker 1: his left and made a nice throw down the field.
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Speaker 1: I'm talking about Trevor. But I was, you know, the
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Speaker 1: second half, we you know, they're gonna have to make
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Speaker 1: some roster decisions here, and I'm looking for fight fighters.
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Speaker 1: I'm looking for tough guys at the competitors, and I
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Speaker 1: think we found a couple. You know, at the end
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Speaker 1: of the game, or you know, in that second half,
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Speaker 1: you just see him going as hard as they possibly can,
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Speaker 1: and that's what I'm looking for. Trevor Lawrence fourteen of
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Speaker 1: twenty three passing in the start tonight a hundred and
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Speaker 1: thirteen yards means you came in the interception Bethrood at
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Speaker 1: the end there. What is the status of the quarterback situation?
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Speaker 1: And do you have a timetable in mind or is
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Speaker 1: it too early to tell? We're gonna get back watch
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Speaker 1: a film. I got it in my mind. I have
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Speaker 1: a pretty good idea, but I want to make sure
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Speaker 1: and and uh uh watch the film and and go
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Speaker 1: with it. We'll probably do something next week. Defensively, Jamis
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Speaker 1: Winston early connections with Markaz Callaway and a little Jordan
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Speaker 1: Humphrey had a big night as well. What was happening
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Speaker 1: early in the game Defensively, Yeah, it look like we're
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Speaker 1: in position once again. Not watching the tape yet, but
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Speaker 1: Shack was right there, just gonna make a play. That's
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Speaker 1: why we went gan him. He's gonna go make a
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Speaker 1: play and he can. I've seen him doing in practice.
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Speaker 1: A couple of those were really well thrown balls and
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Speaker 1: good throws and catches down the field. And you know
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Speaker 1: the young rookie Tyson, you know he's uh just gotta
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Speaker 1: we gotta work with him making a play down the field.
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Speaker 1: But we're pleased with his progress because he's gonna be
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Speaker 1: a heck of a player. He's a great talented kid
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Speaker 1: and works his tail off. So that's two weeks in
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Speaker 1: a row. We felt good gets the run. I think
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Speaker 1: we held a sixty yards rushing, but uh gave up
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Speaker 1: some big hits down the field and uh, we've gotta
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Speaker 1: get that fixed. One in three question, Travis e t
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Speaker 1: and Junior was living off early. What's the status. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: it might be a spring foot. We're gonna find out
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Speaker 1: more tomorrow when we get back. And then one final question,
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Speaker 1: one more we can practice, one more preest, well a
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Speaker 1: couple more weeks of practice, one more preseason game coming up.
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Speaker 1: What do you need to see this week from your team?
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Speaker 1: What's some positive things some things you really need to
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Speaker 1: work on? Now? We gotta run the ball. You know
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Speaker 1: that was you know, regardless who's in there at the
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Speaker 1: offensive line, we gotta move people and uh, you know
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Speaker 1: the tight end position to you know, man hurts Donne
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Speaker 1: played very much and he's gonna be a horse for us.
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Speaker 1: We know. We just don't want to get him damed
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Speaker 1: right now. But we gotta we gotta be a balanced offense,
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Speaker 1: and uh, that's gotta happen, and that's gotta happen quickly.
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Speaker 1: Safe tripped back, coach, We'll talk to you. Thanks. We
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Speaker 1: fast forward down to Wednesday's press conference. Meyer made the
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Speaker 1: announcement that Trevor Lawrence would be the starting quarterback and
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Speaker 1: gave some reasoning for the timing and what happens now
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Speaker 1: with the backup gig. Yeah, we're gonna Trevor is gonna
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Speaker 1: be the starter in week one. I will start this
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Speaker 1: week as well. Did you you at least talk about
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Speaker 1: the timing of the vision in terms of waiting until
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Speaker 1: after the second preseason game? Was that was that sort
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Speaker 1: of your strategy ahead of time, that you that you
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Speaker 1: had a certain time set in mind when you want
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Speaker 1: to do it? I did, But you know there's uh
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Speaker 1: it's a three week preseason as opposed to be four.
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Speaker 1: We do out the bye week afterwards, but I think, um,
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Speaker 1: as we continue, it's uh matter of a little bit
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Speaker 1: of repetition now. So we wanted him to earn it,
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Speaker 1: as we do with every position we felt he has.
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Speaker 1: After the last nice performance was uh, it was good.
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Speaker 1: Obviously not great, but we you know, the run the
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Speaker 1: ball very well. But but I kind of in my
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Speaker 1: mind had that as after the second preseason that we
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Speaker 1: kind of have to to get someone ready to play
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Speaker 1: in three weeks. Did you How did Garner take the
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Speaker 1: news and Trevor's reaction. I have not spoke to the
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Speaker 1: I'm letting we had a team meeting and they went
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Speaker 1: right to because we weren't allowed to have him in
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Speaker 1: until ten o'clock today because of the rules. And so
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna visit with him afterwards. But I told the
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Speaker 1: shot that I'm gonna announce to you guys. So he's
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Speaker 1: going to visit with him, and I'll visit with him
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Speaker 1: after the job. That's open as well. Obviously, my respect
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Speaker 1: for Gardner has been well documented as a just a warrior.
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Speaker 1: You know, Garner got stuck behind some protection issues at times,
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Speaker 1: he was running for his life back there. But and
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Speaker 1: then c J came in. That's two weeks in a row.
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Speaker 1: You know, I just admire c J and I like
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Speaker 1: c J as a person, and you know, he's got
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Speaker 1: a nice release ball, gets out fast, and and so
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Speaker 1: he played well. So yes, that's open as well. Later Wednesday,
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Speaker 1: quarterback Trevor Aawrence gave his reaction to the news, plus
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Speaker 1: the confidence in the starting offense even though they haven't
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Speaker 1: found the end zone this preseason. Yeah, it was good man.
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Speaker 1: We we we talked about our QB room and um man,
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Speaker 1: we just have a we have a great group. So
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Speaker 1: I'm really excited for the opportunity. It doesn't really change
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Speaker 1: anything though, still got the same task in front of us.
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Speaker 1: Got to get a lot better, um, individually, as a team,
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Speaker 1: as an offense. So just looking forward to going to
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Speaker 1: work this week. You know, it brings some clarity which
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Speaker 1: is nice going forward, but it really doesn't change much.
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Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm really excited for the opportunity, grateful for
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Speaker 1: it within the room when he told the team, um yeah,
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Speaker 1: we I mean we're more so talking about in our
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Speaker 1: you know, QB QB room and really, like I said,
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Speaker 1: we got a great group. You know, Minch has been awesome,
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Speaker 1: treating me really well. Um, I've had a lot of conversations.
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Speaker 1: He's been a guy that I've been able to learn from.
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Speaker 1: And c J and Jake, all those guys. We're all
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Speaker 1: in it together, you know, we're all on the same
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Speaker 1: team and at the end of the day. I think
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Speaker 1: that's the most important thing. So but it's been good,
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Speaker 1: you know, and moving forward, and we're not making it
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Speaker 1: bigger than it is. Um, I'm gonna be the starter
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Speaker 1: and just gotta play well. So that doesn't change said
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Speaker 1: the next step for you to score points. I imagine
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Speaker 1: you gotta gone too many games back to that game
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Speaker 1: without scoring a touchdown. Uh just how pres joining ends
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Speaker 1: in and what can you do to maybe get over that?
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Speaker 1: Huh yeah, I mean it's it's frustrating, but also we
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Speaker 1: just gotta stick together and keep playing. Um, we're gonna
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Speaker 1: figure it out. And I'm really confident in that. So
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Speaker 1: we got a bunch of guys that are that are
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Speaker 1: putting the work in and we're gonna do everything it
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Speaker 1: takes to to get on the right track. So you know,
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Speaker 1: I'm confident in that. I'm not worried. Obviously you'd like
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Speaker 1: to score more points than we have for sure, but
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Speaker 1: all stuff that we can build on and we know
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Speaker 1: we need to get better at. So it's just a
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Speaker 1: matter of doing it and going out there and practicing it.
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Speaker 1: Before the Monday night football game, Lawrence sat down for
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Speaker 1: a one on one conversation with ESPN NFL reporter Jeff
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Speaker 1: Darlington to discuss camp and the preseason so far. Thursday,
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Speaker 1: on Jack's Drive Time, Darlington sat down with Ashland Sullivan,
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Speaker 1: John Osan, and Brian Sexton to explain what the quarterback
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Speaker 1: could bring here in the building. We always talked about
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Speaker 1: how confident, how poison really just how normal Trevor Lawrence
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Speaker 1: is trapped the spotlight on him. Did did you get
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Speaker 1: the same impression? Yeah, that's a great way of putting it, um,
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Speaker 1: and it's it's exactly the way I felt. That was
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Speaker 1: my first time, um meeting Trevor Or, being around him,
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Speaker 1: and you know, when you actually get the chance to
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Speaker 1: be in his presence, you feel this very refreshing vibe,
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Speaker 1: this very kind human, very humble human. But at the
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Speaker 1: same time a guy who really does have a presence
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Speaker 1: about him. And you can say, well, every all quarterbacks
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Speaker 1: in the NFL probably have that, it really don't. Um,
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Speaker 1: there's something about Trevor that is this quiet confidence that um,
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Speaker 1: I mean, I dare say that the closest that it
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Speaker 1: reminds me of This is gonna feel like hyperbole, but
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Speaker 1: it's Tom Brady, a guy who is so kind so
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Speaker 1: warm and friendly, but at the same time you're like, damn,
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Speaker 1: that's Tom Brady. You know, you feel that with Trevor,
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Speaker 1: you feel his his presence and think that that that's
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Speaker 1: meaningful not only in an environment that we were in,
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Speaker 1: but more meaningful in a locker room or a meeting
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Speaker 1: room where you're gonna get the attention of your teammates
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Speaker 1: the second you walk in that room. What are your
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Speaker 1: thoughts on the Jaguars, Jeff, I mean, we talked about Trevor.
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Speaker 1: I know you haven't gotten into them over here training camp,
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Speaker 1: but you've seen him a little bit. What are your
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Speaker 1: thoughts over all in the season. Well, I'm very glad
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Speaker 1: that he is now um named the starter. Um. I
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Speaker 1: think that was slightly overdue in terms of just getting
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Speaker 1: the first team reps. I felt that, you know, talking
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Speaker 1: to Trevor when we were sitting down, one of the
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Speaker 1: things that he said was, UM, I think that we
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Speaker 1: can win faster than I think. I think it doesn't
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Speaker 1: take as long to get there as maybe other people do.
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Speaker 1: And I've talked to Urban a lot about that, how
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Speaker 1: we're gonna win and we're gonna win fast. We don't
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Speaker 1: need to be on a five year plan, and that
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Speaker 1: starts with the quarterback. Well to that, I would say,
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Speaker 1: and we now see it like, Okay, let's get there.
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Speaker 1: If you're gonna get there, you gotta get those first
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Speaker 1: team reps. Got to get that co psiveness with the
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Speaker 1: the first team offense. You've got to get that chemistry.
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Speaker 1: That is more important to me than the benefit of
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Speaker 1: um pretending to try to convince a guy that he's
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Speaker 1: got to earn the job. Trevor Lawrence earned that job
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Speaker 1: the second he was drafted first overall. And I know
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Speaker 1: we're past that. It's not a debate anymore. He's now
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Speaker 1: the starter. I guess my point is when it comes
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Speaker 1: to the Jack's offense, now we can start to see
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Speaker 1: them get the chemistry that they're going to need to
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Speaker 1: get the identity. And again I'm not overly worried about
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Speaker 1: that either. I think that that is what this time
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Speaker 1: of year is. Four. I can't tell you how many
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Speaker 1: times I've seen a team look good in the preseason
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Speaker 1: the opposite of this, and then and then they look
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Speaker 1: like crap in the regular season. It's like you showed
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Speaker 1: all you were so worried about trying to look good
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Speaker 1: in the preseason, and it's like, just get to the
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Speaker 1: regular season, then show your cards, then create your identity,
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Speaker 1: and sometimes that takes time too. It's a new NFL
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Speaker 1: head coach, it's a new quarterback. These things take a
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Speaker 1: little bit of time. And uh and I think that
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Speaker 1: that's okay. The full conversation with Darlington available on Thursday's
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Speaker 1: Jaguars Drive Time, available on the Official Jaguars podcast Network.
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Speaker 1: Onto more really big news that could affect how the
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Speaker 1: offense looks and fields in One, rookie running back Travis E.
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Speaker 1: T and Jr. Will miss the season following a Liz
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Speaker 1: Frank entry and his left foot. It's a blow for
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Speaker 1: an offense that planned to line e T n up
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Speaker 1: all over the formation. On Huddle Up with Bucky Brooks
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Speaker 1: Wednesday on Jaguars dot Com, John Ozer and I got
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Speaker 1: in Bucky's head about the loss and possibilities of filling
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Speaker 1: those roles. It's one of those things where you have
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Speaker 1: big plans for you guy who's an explosive player, a
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Speaker 1: big play threat, and you're not able to use him,
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Speaker 1: and you know he's been the bulk of the offseason
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Speaker 1: kind of planning a lose game plan with number one
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Speaker 1: in mine, and now he's not here. Where do you
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Speaker 1: make up that production, Where do you make up that explosiveness?
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Speaker 1: You know, one of the things that the Jaguars could
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Speaker 1: do is everyone's gonna talk about the running backs, and
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Speaker 1: now they could feel it there. I think he provides
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Speaker 1: more opportunity for the Viscus should not to be a
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Speaker 1: bigger factor in the offense in the game plan utilizing
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Speaker 1: his skills, because he was able to do a bunch
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Speaker 1: of different things that Colorado that the Jaguar said yet
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Speaker 1: to tap into. And I think it also creates a
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Speaker 1: little bit of an opening for Tavon Austin if he
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Speaker 1: is able to find his way onto the roster. He
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Speaker 1: has some unique versatility things that you can do, maybe
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Speaker 1: putting them in the backfield, maybe using him as a
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Speaker 1: gadget guy. I think we had create some opportunities for
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Speaker 1: some other guys to kind of take some of the
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Speaker 1: load that was going to be designated for Travis at
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Speaker 1: the end. Well, at the risk of repeating exactly what
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Speaker 1: Bucky just said, because I couldn't agree more, and I
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Speaker 1: uh Tavon Austin when when Urban was asked about him,
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Speaker 1: I didn't Urban didn't say, hey, he's on the team.
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Speaker 1: Sure made it sound like, yeah, it's gonna opportunity for
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Speaker 1: Tavon Austin. Chennault is an interesting fit for this. It's
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Speaker 1: been interesting j P all offseason. It felt like E.
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Speaker 1: T N and Chennault we're sort of coming at the
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Speaker 1: same job in from different directions. Meaning Nal was sort
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Speaker 1: of the big guy wide receiver who could sort of
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Speaker 1: be hybrid running back and wide receiver. E. T N
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Speaker 1: was the lightning quick running back who also could sort
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Speaker 1: of sort of do both. The interesting thing with Channal
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Speaker 1: that position has always been in urban Meyer's offense speed
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Speaker 1: and win one on win one on one matchups by
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Speaker 1: being able to lightening quick your guy and go all
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Speaker 1: the way. I don't know that that's Chenalt particularly, he's
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Speaker 1: not really jitterbug like that. But can they use him
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Speaker 1: in a way that's still effective in that role. I
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Speaker 1: think they can, and I do think it willy our
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Speaker 1: opportunity for Channalt to be in that role. It'll look
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Speaker 1: different than it would have with E. T N. But
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Speaker 1: you can get some effectiveness. But as we talked about
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Speaker 1: for the show, JP, I don't think you just realistically
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Speaker 1: go out and get Travis e t N level talent.
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Speaker 1: They drafted him because they thought he was special, really
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Speaker 1: really special. If they didn't think he was really really
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Speaker 1: special and above the exits and others, you shouldn't have
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Speaker 1: drafted him where you drafted him. So that Urban's comment
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Speaker 1: about him a blow to the jaw. The final thing
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Speaker 1: in that comment he said, we're still discussing how to
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Speaker 1: read it, how to address it. Those aren't could be
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Speaker 1: happy discussions because I don't think you can find that.
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Speaker 1: And you know, there's always talk about the the waiver wire,
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Speaker 1: Bucky and all that. They do have the first uh
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Speaker 1: in the order of the waiver claims the first three
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Speaker 1: weeks of the regular season. But there's a reason why
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Speaker 1: those guys aren't on other teams anyway, right, I mean,
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Speaker 1: there's only a limit to so much talent you'll find there.
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Speaker 1: And also, let's keep him mind, James Robinson had a
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Speaker 1: very productive rookie season and so it may look a
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Speaker 1: little different offensively than it would have looked with Travis.
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Speaker 1: It's in meaning it's more of a grinded out attack
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Speaker 1: when James Robinson is spearheading the attack. And when you
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Speaker 1: have he and Carlos has somehow sharing the load. You
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Speaker 1: don't get the explosive plays, but you could get the
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Speaker 1: steady Eddy production in the running game. If the offensive line,
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Speaker 1: if they're doing their job. The X factory is who
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Speaker 1: can make up for what traps nt N would have
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Speaker 1: provided in the passing game, not just the short passes
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Speaker 1: coming out of the backfield, but what about the screen
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Speaker 1: game because the screen game was going to be a
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Speaker 1: prominent part of whether Jaguars did offensively, and so is
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Speaker 1: that Tavon Austin coming in is just a buy committee
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Speaker 1: approach where you utilize the Biscuits, Chanal, Tavon Austin, maybe
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Speaker 1: even Philip door Set in some capacity. A lot to
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Speaker 1: figure out. But the great thing is after this last
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Speaker 1: preseason game, you have an extended period of time to
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Speaker 1: kind of put it together and figure it out. And
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Speaker 1: so heading into week one, did Jaguars still should be
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Speaker 1: able to put a nice plan in place for the
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Speaker 1: first four games of the season to begin to kind
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Speaker 1: three is upon us and it's the final game of
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Speaker 1: the preseason and the final opportunity for players to put
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Speaker 1: game tape together before the final roster cut down to
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Speaker 1: fifty three this coming Tuesday. Defensive coordinator Joe Cullen explained
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Speaker 1: his approach to players on the bubble every game. Obviously
17:24
Speaker 1: it starts with Coach Meyer. But you know when these
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Speaker 1: guys put the work in and when they put the
17:28
Speaker 1: effort in and and they give you everything to have,
17:31
Speaker 1: it's tough. You know, you wish you had a spot
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Speaker 1: for all fifty three And I had a thing today
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Speaker 1: and Coach has talked about, you know what's the best,
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Speaker 1: the best effort you can put on tape. Would love
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Speaker 1: to keep everybody it doesn't happen. But when you're a
17:42
Speaker 1: plus two guy, you give great effort on GM's pulling
17:46
Speaker 1: that tape out right after when when the wire cuts
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Speaker 1: come and when you when when you give effort and
17:52
Speaker 1: you bust your tail, You're you're gonna find a home
17:54
Speaker 1: in this league. Running Back Dario Gunbally has been there before.
17:58
Speaker 1: He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the
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Speaker 1: Texans in twenty seventeen out of Wisconsin. He was waived
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Speaker 1: at final cuts that year and then made the practice
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Speaker 1: squad in Houston. Later in that season, he also sold
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Speaker 1: time on the Buccaneers and Washington practice squads. He later
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Speaker 1: stuck with the Buccaneers in a second stint in twenty
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Speaker 1: eight teen through the final cuts of twenty He understands
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Speaker 1: the uncertainty the players feel headed into the final preseason week.
18:23
Speaker 1: Like you said, it is a stressful time. I mean, um,
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Speaker 1: a lot of guys, you know, futures careers are as state. Um.
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Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I mean, we've
18:30
Speaker 1: been playing this game for a long time. So I
18:32
Speaker 1: just remind guys just to have fun. You know what
18:34
Speaker 1: I'm saying. You play your best when you play free. Um,
18:37
Speaker 1: you make the most plays when you're having fun. So
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Speaker 1: I think, UM, that's usually the message that I give guys,
18:42
Speaker 1: especially going into the last preseason game, just because um,
18:45
Speaker 1: it's easy for your mind and just wander into some
18:47
Speaker 1: some negative places. But at the end of day's football,
18:50
Speaker 1: bro we all trying to just make plays and have
18:52
Speaker 1: fun the same way we were we were younger playing football.
18:54
Speaker 1: So that's one thing I like to remind a lot
18:56
Speaker 1: of guys. On Jaguars Happy Our Radio Thursday, Jeff fly
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Speaker 1: him in and I got into the strategy behind the
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Speaker 1: final preseason game and roster management. That's a big cut
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Speaker 1: from eight down to fifty three next Tuesday. And I'm
19:09
Speaker 1: sure there are a lot of guys that are anxious
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Speaker 1: about their opportunity this Sunday, well, and they should be.
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Speaker 1: And what what you bring up? You bring up the
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Speaker 1: word opportunity. This is the last opportunity for a couple
19:23
Speaker 1: of different things. It's it's the last opportunity for this
19:27
Speaker 1: team to have a game type situation to get ready
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Speaker 1: for the regular season. It's also the last opportunity for
19:34
Speaker 1: some of these guys to get a look to show
19:39
Speaker 1: the coaches what they have. It's also a last opportunity
19:42
Speaker 1: for the coaches to see it because this is the
19:45
Speaker 1: last impression that will be on their imprinted on their
19:49
Speaker 1: minds as they're making the decisions over the weekend. So
19:53
Speaker 1: it's uh, it's gonna be an interesting cut. I think
19:57
Speaker 1: there are going to be some very difficult decisions. I
20:00
Speaker 1: think at the safety spot, there's gonna be a couple
20:02
Speaker 1: of players that are gonna get let go, that are
20:04
Speaker 1: gonna be really good players that other teams. If I'm watching,
20:08
Speaker 1: if I need a safety, well maybe like the Dallas
20:11
Speaker 1: Cowboys that have some issues with COVID and everything. If
20:14
Speaker 1: I need a safety, I'm looking right here in Jacksonville,
20:17
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna I'm gonna find a guy that they
20:19
Speaker 1: cut that it can come in and start for me somewhere.
20:22
Speaker 1: So and that's I think also brings up that will
20:27
Speaker 1: teams watch the Jaguars maybe at certain positions, but this
20:30
Speaker 1: team will be watching other teams waiver work. Oh yeah.
20:34
Speaker 1: They will be absolutely looking to improve position groups through
20:39
Speaker 1: other teams cuts. And they get the first three weeks
20:42
Speaker 1: of the regular season to take advantage of the first
20:45
Speaker 1: choice because they were the worst team in the league
20:47
Speaker 1: last year. Better take advantage while you have it. If
20:49
Speaker 1: their opportunities to use it. You know, it's not like
20:51
Speaker 1: you're gonna all a sudden you're gonna make the talent.
20:55
Speaker 1: Let's say you had a number rating system for talent.
20:57
Speaker 1: And let's say, you know, let's say you're at a
20:59
Speaker 1: sick ext five. You're not gonna take your overall team
21:03
Speaker 1: level talent to like an eight. Yeah, we're not. We're
21:06
Speaker 1: not playing Madden here, No. Because the guys that are
21:09
Speaker 1: getting cut, for the most part, are getting cut for reasons.
21:11
Speaker 1: But there are teams like the Jaguars that have at
21:16
Speaker 1: that safety services, it might have a little surplus, and
21:20
Speaker 1: I think the teams that are smart find a way
21:23
Speaker 1: to manage the rosters to keep that talent together and
21:27
Speaker 1: then to find ways to utilize those players or to
21:31
Speaker 1: gain value from them just besides cutting them. You know,
21:34
Speaker 1: can you trade them to maybe acquire a player at
21:38
Speaker 1: another position that you're DELINQ went at. Can you trade
21:41
Speaker 1: them to acquire a draft pick in the future. I mean,
21:44
Speaker 1: those are all things that are going to be considered.
21:47
Speaker 1: But make no mistake about it. Even though you think
21:49
Speaker 1: or Okay, this player, they make cuts, Okay, they get
21:52
Speaker 1: down to fifty three, and the players that are on
21:55
Speaker 1: that fifty three are going, yeah, yeah, I made it.
21:59
Speaker 1: Oh you might want to just hang on for a minute, yeah,
22:02
Speaker 1: because there will be more transactions that ensue because remember
22:07
Speaker 1: there's a lot of time between this weekend and opening weekends.
22:11
Speaker 1: There is two weeks. In fact, Jaguars Happy Hour Thursday
22:15
Speaker 1: airs on Tintin x L a M and ninety two
22:17
Speaker 1: point five FM, and the Jags social media channels. You
22:21
Speaker 1: can also catch the full two hours on the Official
22:23
Speaker 1: Jaguars podcast network. Let's wrap this week with a preview
22:26
Speaker 1: of Sunday's pregame conversation with Pride of the Jaguars running
22:30
Speaker 1: back Fred Taylor. We got his take on the final
22:32
Speaker 1: preseason week and what it means for players looking for
22:35
Speaker 1: an opportunity. That's the last time to get a look
22:37
Speaker 1: as a Jaguar, you know, And I certainly agree with
22:41
Speaker 1: that said, man, I never put it in that perspective
22:44
Speaker 1: in my entire thirteen years playing right, I've always said, they're,
22:48
Speaker 1: you know, the eyeing this guy. Don't lie. They're thirty
22:50
Speaker 1: one of their teams, and that's true. But to say
22:54
Speaker 1: it's not technically a fifty three man roster that sounds
22:58
Speaker 1: really sexy to me because they're always, you know, ever
23:01
Speaker 1: changing pieces throughout the NFL. Uh. You can start with
23:06
Speaker 1: the fifty three and a day later and maybe even
23:09
Speaker 1: a few hours later. You know, guys in different locations,
23:13
Speaker 1: whether they's through the trade or other transitions or acquisitions,
23:16
Speaker 1: whatever it may be. So I like how he put that.
23:19
Speaker 1: But the coaches have a hard decision, man. You know,
23:23
Speaker 1: you have guys that are on the bubble, guys that
23:25
Speaker 1: you're considering for practice squad. There's so many different movement pieces.
23:29
Speaker 1: But hopefully they can get it right after the first
23:31
Speaker 1: shot and also have a few guys you know where
23:35
Speaker 1: the asterisk beside that they can potentially bring back throughout
23:38
Speaker 1: the course of the year. But let me say this
23:40
Speaker 1: real quick to JP, much like what just recently happened
23:44
Speaker 1: with E. T N, guys have to be ready because
23:48
Speaker 1: injuries do happen all the time. The full conversation with
23:51
Speaker 1: Freddy t airs at noon on Sunday on Countdown the
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Speaker 1: ten am start for the Public's Tailgate Show on Tintin
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Speaker 1: XL Radio and ninety two point five FM, our flagship
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Speaker 1: stations in Jacksonville. Then at noon, the Jaguars Radio Network
24:18
Speaker 1: takes over with Countdown to Kickoff featuring Pete Prisco, Fred Taylor,
24:22
Speaker 1: and the Final Word with head coach Urban Meyer before kick.
24:25
Speaker 1: One oh seven Eastern is the official kickoff time for
24:28
Speaker 1: the Jaguars and the Dallas Cowboys. After the game, catch
24:31
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24:34
Speaker 1: the first word with head coach Urban Meyer after the game,
24:37
Speaker 1: and that's all followed by the Scoreboard Show where Mike
24:40
Speaker 1: Dempsey and I will take your calls. Enjoy the weekend,
24:43
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