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Jags A.M. Podcast Ep. 105 | Jaguars Must Stay the Course for a Win in Week 8 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Welcome into Jagsam on this Thursday. I'm Kannannie Stevens. We're
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Speaker 1: getting ready for a week eight of the season. The
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Speaker 1: Jaguars are going to take on the Packers this weekend
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Speaker 1: at home. So let's kick things off with our big
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Speaker 1: things today. Big Thing number one, best of the best.
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Speaker 1: Does Peterson talking yesterday about what players he's going to
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Speaker 1: be playing on defense as some players are coming off
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Speaker 1: the injured reserve this week, and he says to him,
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Speaker 1: you have to play the best eleven players. But I
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Speaker 1: do still think that there's enough of a rotational piece
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Speaker 1: for those guys.
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Speaker 2: I think that's one of the positions.
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Speaker 3: That's gotten better.
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Speaker 4: You know, the last couple of weeks hasn't been the linebacker.
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Speaker 3: I think Devin in the middle gotten better than Trell.
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Speaker 1: We know he's improved, and now with the additional Foyer
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Speaker 1: coming back, if he's ready to go, I think he's
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Speaker 1: got your combinations back if you want.
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Speaker 3: Ran.
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Speaker 1: That specific question was about whether Ventrel Miller and Froy
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Speaker 1: Alucan would be playing together as they saw Obviously the
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Speaker 1: way Ryan Nielson rotates his defense, I'm sure we'll see
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Speaker 1: everybody out there, but whether that would be a rotation.
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Speaker 1: I think we might see them actually together. We've talked
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Speaker 1: about this and I think it might actually happen.
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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, yes, yes, make that happen, because listen, you
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Speaker 4: know have to be a football expert. You don't have
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Speaker 4: to be a scout and burn up the table to
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Speaker 4: see that Ventrel Miller belongs on the field. The way
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Speaker 4: that he arrives at the ball, Guys go backward when
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Speaker 4: he hits them. He's a young player with a lot
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Speaker 4: of energy.
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Speaker 5: John.
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Speaker 4: He makes tons of tackles. I'm sure he makes mistakes
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Speaker 4: as well, but he's a guy that the more you
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Speaker 4: play him, the better he'll get. Foye Lui hun comes back.
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Speaker 4: Is your most accomplished linebacker. Why wouldn't you have them
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Speaker 4: on the field.
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 7: We've been talking a lot this year about, you know,
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Speaker 7: Jaguar's knee, guys who make plays in big situations, and
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Speaker 7: I feel like Ventrel Miller has shown he's that guy.
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Speaker 7: He's a football player, he's instinctive. He seems to be
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Speaker 7: in the right place at the right time. I think
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Speaker 7: I think it's a positive for this defense in the
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Speaker 7: next few weeks. I don't know if Foyer's back this week.
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Speaker 7: I don't know if Dewey Winards back this week, but
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Speaker 7: don't all those guys sort of fit that of guys
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Speaker 7: who are good football player and I'd say great athletes,
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Speaker 7: you know, but they're in.
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Speaker 6: The right situation, they make plays.
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Speaker 7: You could see the middle of the defense get a
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Speaker 7: lot better in next couple weeks because of that.
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Speaker 1: Our second big thing going to be stay the course.
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Speaker 1: We're talking about some of those players returning to this team,
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Speaker 1: and we've also talked about taking it one week at
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Speaker 1: a time, right, but we've seen this team go on
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Speaker 1: runs before, specifically in the twenty twenty two season. Andrew
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Speaker 1: Wingard addressed that what the differences between the teams.
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Speaker 3: Were when we get into these late, you know, early
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Speaker 3: November games. I think that's when we get dangerous. Honestly.
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Speaker 3: Teams are starting to look at playoff pictures, they're starting
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Speaker 3: to look at.
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Speaker 8: Divisional races, and they're not really thinking about us, and
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Speaker 8: I think that's when we can, you know, sort of
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Speaker 8: jump on teams. And that's really what we did late
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Speaker 8: in twenty two. I mean jumped on Dallas, jumped on
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Speaker 8: Baltimore or stuff like that.
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Speaker 3: So it's not gonna take I mean if you were
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Speaker 3: to look at it on paper, you'd.
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Speaker 8: Say, oh, god, we played we play Minnesota, we played
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Speaker 8: Green Bay, we played Detroit.
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Speaker 3: But it's like, we have such a talented team.
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Speaker 8: And I've been on bad teams here, like bad teams
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Speaker 8: that you knew were gonna lose, like you literally had
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Speaker 8: no chance. But this team is seriously so good and
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Speaker 8: I can't remember who last it. But back to your
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Speaker 8: point about being away from it, like this team is
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Speaker 8: damn good. I can get a damn good team. It's
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Speaker 8: just you gotta go make plays. And I think we
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Speaker 8: didn't make plays early, but you take that variance, the
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Speaker 8: things are gonna flip. And as long as we just
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Speaker 8: stayed you know, ten toes down and just put up
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Speaker 8: to push all the chips into the metal, we're gonna
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Speaker 8: be fine.
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Speaker 3: John.
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Speaker 1: I think Dey's confidence alone has me gassed up. I'm
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Speaker 1: believing in them again. He's saying that, you know, when
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Speaker 1: they made that come back in twenty twenty two, nothing
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Speaker 1: really changed. They just took it one game at a time,
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Speaker 1: as they always say. But you know, maybe some of
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Speaker 1: the pressure being on other teams, they can feed off
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Speaker 1: of that and kind of underestimating the team is that
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Speaker 1: something you agree with or what.
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Speaker 6: Do you think of his take? He's the best.
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Speaker 7: I mean he look, I don't know if he's the
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Speaker 7: fastest guy in the world and if he's the best
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Speaker 7: safety I've ever seen, but.
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Speaker 6: He gets it. I'm not sure there's ever.
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Speaker 7: Been a guy who has been so embraced by the
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Speaker 7: fan base because they get it. The best thing he said,
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Speaker 7: and probably off topic, he was asked about being the
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Speaker 7: savior yesterday and it was a little sarcastic, and you
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Speaker 7: could see him thinking back to his rookie year and
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Speaker 7: his second year when the fans just couldn't stand him,
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Speaker 7: and he goes, boy, it's changed, that's new, you know.
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Speaker 7: But look, he's right, And the reason it's important for
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Speaker 7: him to be back is because he can say what
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Speaker 7: he said in that SoundBite to the players and they
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Speaker 7: get it. They believe him. He's a leader. They know
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Speaker 7: he's here for the right reason, playing for the right reasons.
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Speaker 7: Getting him back's key, and Brian, he's right. You know,
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Speaker 7: it's only a few plays that had them out of
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Speaker 7: this thing. A few plays could get them back into
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Speaker 7: this thing.
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Speaker 4: Well, yeah, they lost on opening day in Miami at
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Speaker 4: a field goal to a field goal at the final
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Speaker 4: play of the game, and they lost on the last
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Speaker 4: play of the game in Houston. So you can make
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Speaker 4: the case they're certainly better than the record indicates they are.
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Speaker 4: They just haven't played well enough to get it done.
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Speaker 4: Getting Dewy back, Tyson Campbell's on the field. Foyer should
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Speaker 4: be back here in the next week or so. To
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Speaker 4: get these guys back in the middle of the defense
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Speaker 4: would certainly help them out. But I do think it's
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Speaker 4: the confidence that he brings, that the understanding of the
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Speaker 4: defense that he brings, and just effect that. If you
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Speaker 4: recall the Baltimore game, even the Dallas game, he was
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Speaker 4: in on Nickel and Dine packages, making plays on third
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Speaker 4: and fourth downs that got the ball back for the
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Speaker 4: Jaguars offense. He was a critical player in that run.
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Speaker 4: So when he says it, he says it with authority,
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Speaker 4: and they haven't had enough authority in that locker room
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Speaker 4: in recent weeks.
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Speaker 7: Ky, there are some player Sorry I interrupted, I got
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Speaker 7: everybody off track. There are some players who everybody worries
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Speaker 7: about what they can't do with Dewey. Embrace what he
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Speaker 7: does do and what he does bring back, and he's
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Speaker 7: one of those guys.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, hopefully we see him sooner than later. Possibility he'll
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Speaker 1: be in this week against the Packers. Our final big
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Speaker 1: thing today is going to be a lot versus a little.
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Speaker 1: We've talked a lot about takeaways, how this team hasn't
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Speaker 1: had a lot of takeaways. Packers have had a lot
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Speaker 1: of takeaways seventeen so far this season, but they've also
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Speaker 1: turned the ball over a lot. Jordan Love throwing some
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Speaker 1: interceptions for sure. So Brian, when you're looking at the
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Speaker 1: differences between takeaways and turnovers and whatnot, do you think
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Speaker 1: that can play a key factor.
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Speaker 4: In this game. Well, I do, And since you talked
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Speaker 4: about their defense, I'll stay on that side of the ball.
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Speaker 4: Trevor Lawrence last year had fourteen interceptions and seven fumbles.
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Speaker 4: Seven we can remember some of the big ones. The
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Speaker 4: one here against the Baltimore Ravens at the end of
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Speaker 4: the first half, you know, sticks out in my mind.
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Speaker 4: He has only turned the ball over three times this
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Speaker 4: year and lack on wood there. Brian had no fumbles none.
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Speaker 4: So the point is is that one of the reasons
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Speaker 4: why I have confidence in their ability to go play
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Speaker 4: with the Packers is because the quarterback is playing well.
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Speaker 4: He's played well the last three weeks, and he's protecting
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Speaker 4: the football. He talked about it yesterday when he met
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Speaker 4: with the media, talked about the drills that he goes through,
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Speaker 4: but the mental approach to protecting the ball, like putting
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Speaker 4: two hands on it when you get outside the pocket
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Speaker 4: and not taking the other hand off of it until
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Speaker 4: you're literally ready to throw the football. It's the little
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Speaker 4: things that make the biggest difference, and he's really keyed
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Speaker 4: in on the little things right now.
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Speaker 7: Ye, I very much agree with Brian. It's a overlooked
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Speaker 7: story because they haven't won, but he's done a great
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Speaker 7: job protecting the ball, and to me, that's the key
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Speaker 7: to this game. On Sunday, Packers seventeen takeaways through these
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Speaker 7: games is served, especially considering they didn't have one last
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Speaker 7: week and the Jaguars only have two defensive takeaways.
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Speaker 6: You're not gonna win in the NFL.
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Speaker 7: You're gonna be two and five if you have two
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Speaker 7: defensive takeaways after seven games.
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Speaker 6: If they can reverse that, you can stay in this game.
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Speaker 4: And there's a reason why you should be optimistic about
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Speaker 4: their ability, and that is in the four games since
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Speaker 4: Jordan lov Raturny has thirteen touchdown passes and a reason
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Speaker 4: to be very wary of what he's capable of. But
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Speaker 4: he also has eight interceptions in that same time framet,
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Speaker 4: so he's a risk taker and he's going to make
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Speaker 4: him throws. Maybe this is the week that Cisco or
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Speaker 4: Tyson holds the ball and gives the offense an extra
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Speaker 4: possession on the other side of the field.
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Speaker 1: There will be opportunities, just have to take advantage. Say
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Speaker 1: it's here on Jagsam, we're going to dive a little
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Speaker 1: bit deeper into that matchup against the Green Bay Packers.
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Speaker 1: It is week eight. As I mentioned, it hard to
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Speaker 1: believe at this point, but we are getting there and
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Speaker 1: they're taking on the Green Bay Packers this week, which
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Speaker 1: is certainly going to be a challenge. The NFC North
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Speaker 1: in general is going to be a challenge for this
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Speaker 1: Jaguars team. So I listened into some of their media
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Speaker 1: availability yesterday kind of trying to feel out where they
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Speaker 1: are at exactly. Matt Lafleur obviously very well researched on
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Speaker 1: every team he faces, but he talked a little bit
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Speaker 1: about what Trevor Lawrence.
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Speaker 4: Brings to a game.
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Speaker 9: I see an elite quarterback that's capable of making every
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Speaker 9: throw and then he can beat you with his legs.
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Speaker 9: So I don't think there's anything he can't do. I
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Speaker 9: think he is an elite guy and he's got some
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Speaker 9: weapons around him, and like I said earlier, I just
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Speaker 9: think it's gonna be a good challenge for us.
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Speaker 1: Obviously very respectful of Trevor's talents, Brian, I sometimes forget
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Speaker 1: to what that Trevor does run right, but he can
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Speaker 1: scramble a little bit, and I'm like, oh, yeah, that's
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Speaker 1: something you have to think about with him, for sure.
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Speaker 1: And I think he's even gotten better this year because
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Speaker 1: when he does scramble, he still is looking to throw
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Speaker 1: the football, which I think is an evolution of his game.
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Speaker 1: I've noticed that is a step that he's taken.
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Speaker 5: Since last season.
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Speaker 6: Without a doubt.
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Speaker 4: His mobility outside the pocket, I mean, he's not Lamar
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Speaker 4: Jackson by any stretch of the imagination, but he can
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Speaker 4: keep things alive and with a guy like Brian Thomas
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Speaker 4: breaking down the field, that's a really important thing. I
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Speaker 4: just I went back and I watched the throw again
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Speaker 4: to Brian Thomas, and when you see Christian Gonzalez arm
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Speaker 4: outstretched over his shoulder, you marvel at the fact that
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Speaker 4: the ball just went right inside that and somehow Brian
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Speaker 4: was able to look up over his shoulder with the
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Speaker 4: arm there, running full speed, falling and still get the ball.
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Speaker 4: I mean, it was a phenomenal catch, but it was
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Speaker 4: a great throw, and it's hard not to say he
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Speaker 4: has elite traits when you see that throw.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, it became so vogue when he had one bad
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Speaker 7: game where he missed two guys right, and that was
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Speaker 7: against the Texans.
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Speaker 5: I thought just as impressive. A throw the other day
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Speaker 5: was a throw to Christian Kirk over.
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Speaker 7: The top of the twenty four yard I him if
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Speaker 7: it was a safety or linebacker, but he had to
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Speaker 7: throw to a level between the enders.
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Speaker 5: At a time when the game didn't feel very good
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Speaker 5: for the Jaguars. That was a huge play. Look, he's
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Speaker 5: coming along.
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Speaker 7: You talk about above the x's and o's type plays.
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Speaker 7: To me, that was an above the x's and o's
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Speaker 7: type play. Uh, it's a play you should make when
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Speaker 7: every quarterback makes it. He's starting to do that stuff
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Speaker 7: and you just need to see it more consistently and
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Speaker 7: you know, keep growing and all those things we've been
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Speaker 7: talking about.
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Speaker 5: But he's he's he's playing better, excuse he is, and
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Speaker 5: at a time.
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Speaker 1: Now where obviously you've seen what Brian Thomas Junior can do,
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Speaker 1: but a lot of talent is around him, which is
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Speaker 1: I think helping him elevate his game. David McKinney, one
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Speaker 1: of the safeties for the Packers, spoke about the threat
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Speaker 1: that BTJ is and what they look for with the
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Speaker 1: game play.
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Speaker 3: A lot.
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Speaker 10: He gives him his a vertical threat for them. Obviously,
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Speaker 10: he's a guy that has great hair and he's got
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Speaker 10: goot speed. So I think it helps their their offense
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Speaker 10: a lot. And he's another playmaker. Uh that's you know,
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Speaker 10: that's added to what they already have. So like I said, man,
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Speaker 10: they got a talented offense man, and they got some
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Speaker 10: they got some really good guys. It's just been that
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Speaker 10: small you know, sometimes it just happens. I I I
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Speaker 10: I've been in New York where you know there were
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Speaker 10: games where you know it it came down to three
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Speaker 10: points or seven points, and sometimes you just don't win
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Speaker 10: those games.
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Speaker 3: And but it doesn't say, uh, it doesn't you know,
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Speaker 3: tell all this the the whole story.
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Speaker 10: So, uh, we definitely understand that we we n we
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Speaker 10: know that, you know, they're capable of of winning these.
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Speaker 6: Games, they just haven't and sometimes it's just how things
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Speaker 6: shake out.
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Speaker 10: But uh, we do know that they have a very
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Speaker 10: talented team and we gotta, you know, make sure that
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Speaker 10: we are on our p's and q's.
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Speaker 1: John when you hear you know, obviously they're talking about
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Speaker 1: the Jaguars kind of losing some of these one score games,
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Speaker 1: but also the talent that's around and we've seen Brian
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Speaker 1: Thomas Junior, but now to see that it's coming out
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Speaker 1: on tape and and teams are aware of the presence
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Speaker 1: and the speed that he brings. I think that'll kind
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Speaker 1: of lead to some other things elsewhere on the offense
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Speaker 1: because of the respect that Brian's now getting.
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Speaker 7: Well, it was a couple of things. This will be
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Speaker 7: Brian's next step, meaning now teams are very aware of him.
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Speaker 7: They'll shade defenses to him a little bit. That hinders
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Speaker 7: some guys and some guys play right through that, and
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Speaker 7: you get the idea for Brian Thomas Junior because not
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Speaker 7: like teams haven't been aware of him, the Patriots, we're
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Speaker 7: aware of him, and he still made plays through that.
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Speaker 7: You can't double cover a guy in every scheme on
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Speaker 7: every play. I think they'll still continue to throwing the
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Speaker 7: ball when it's there, but absolutely it's gonna help Christian
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Speaker 7: Kirk and Evan Ingram, maybe even Gabe Davis. This dynamic
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Speaker 7: Brian is the next step when you get a great player,
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Speaker 7: he shows he's great, and then you have to show
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Speaker 7: how they're going to adapt when defenses start playing that
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Speaker 7: guy differently. This is a very quick evolution, but the
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Speaker 7: next step in the evolution for BTJ.
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Speaker 4: Well, and it's a big step for Trevor Lawrence as well,
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Speaker 4: because that guy McKinney leads the NFL with five interceptions
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Speaker 4: in seven games, So you can bet that they're going
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Speaker 4: to have him wherever seven is and the quarterback is
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Speaker 4: going to have to throw in that direction Kui, which
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Speaker 4: means you're going to be very smart. You're going to
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Speaker 4: have to make good throws. There's going to be some
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Speaker 4: high percentage throws and some of those Let's take a shot.
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Speaker 4: Because he's that good. We got our best, their best.
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Speaker 4: Let's go for it. But to your point, if he's
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Speaker 4: over there covering Brian Thomas Jr. Someone else is going
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Speaker 4: to have an opportunity to make a play, which should
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Speaker 4: open things up. Absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Let's turn to the defensive side of football. Obviously, Jordan
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Speaker 1: love some of that injury and the season opener, but
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Speaker 1: he's been back recently and been playing pretty well and
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Speaker 1: showing that ability that we've seen and what people are
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Speaker 1: expecting him to be in terms of a great quarterback.
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Speaker 1: He talked a little bit yesterday about the offensive philosophy
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Speaker 1: he's working.
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Speaker 6: With, the explosive plays.
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Speaker 2: The big play kind of mentality that we have is
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Speaker 2: to go hunt those explosive plays, and you know, we
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Speaker 2: got a lot of play makers who were making some
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Speaker 2: big time plays, so that's very exciting to see. But yeah,
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Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing for us is finding that consistency,
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Speaker 2: trying to go and not have any drives, whereas those
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Speaker 2: three and out drives where you're out there quick and
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Speaker 2: back on the sideline. So just trying to build on
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Speaker 2: every little thing and keep stack of the details will
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Speaker 2: be huge for us.
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Speaker 1: Jordan Love focusing on those explosive plays. We've certainly seen
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Speaker 1: a lot of those. I know, defense around here likes
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Speaker 1: to do nothing cheap, nothing deep, but they're going to
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Speaker 1: try to go deep on you. And it's a matter
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Speaker 1: of dealing with that.
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Speaker 4: They have speed, I mean, just they have speed all
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Speaker 4: over their receiver corps. And this guy's got the arm
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Speaker 4: and just you know, I just an appreciation for the
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Speaker 4: fact that he sat the bench for a couple of
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Speaker 4: years behind Aaron Rodgers. So if you go back more
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Speaker 4: than thirty what farve got there? At ninety ninety two
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Speaker 4: two he arrived in Green Bay. So Brett Farr to
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Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love, Yeah, thirty plus years, they've
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Speaker 4: only had three quarterbacks. They have a great run going
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Speaker 4: and this guy, if you watch the playoff game that
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Speaker 4: he helped them winning Dallas last year, you realized he
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Speaker 4: was that level of quarterback.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, the Packers kind of show you.
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Speaker 7: And this is not I mean, I'm a players guy.
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Speaker 7: Players absolutely are the NFL. Sometimes you can't listen to
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Speaker 7: players if you want to go to a great organization.
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Speaker 7: Meaning Far didn't like it when they brought in Aaron Rodgers,
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Speaker 7: Rodgers didn't like when they brought in Jordan Love. It's
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Speaker 7: not your team, so we're gonna do what's best. Also,
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Speaker 7: Packers of Jordan Love did a great thing the most
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Speaker 7: franchises don't do anymore, which is fans didn't like the
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Speaker 7: pick because they wanted receivers ere Aaron Rodgers, Fine, you
16:42
Speaker 7: think that, and now we're going to run the organization.
16:44
Speaker 7: So credit to the Packers.
16:46
Speaker 5: They did that.
16:46
Speaker 7: And with Jordan Love, right now, this is still the
16:50
Speaker 7: time to get him. He's great, He's going to be great.
16:53
Speaker 7: He is still throwing passes that allow you an opportunity.
16:57
Speaker 7: Javers have had opportunity for interceptions this season. You have
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Speaker 7: to hold the ball, right, Yeah, that's part of it.
17:04
Speaker 7: So if they do that, you know there are quarterbacks
17:08
Speaker 7: in this league who defenses will say, he's going to
17:11
Speaker 7: give us a couple of chances.
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Speaker 6: We have to take advantage of the chances.
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Speaker 4: He can run. He doesn't want to run, he wants
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Speaker 4: to stand in the pocket. He has such great confidence
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Speaker 4: in his arm, and it's a great arm. And you've
17:22
Speaker 4: got these receivers Read and Dobbs, I mean they and
17:25
Speaker 4: Christian Watson, who's that six foot four guy who is
17:28
Speaker 4: kind of like Brian Thomas. He'll get down the field
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Speaker 4: and then use his length to elevate and make a
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Speaker 4: catch over a defensive back. So they've got it all,
17:37
Speaker 4: sure do.
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Speaker 1: Its gonna be a tough one, for sure.
17:39
Speaker 5: We'll keep an eye on things.
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Speaker 1: We'll tell you after the break what we think the
17:41
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Speaker 1: best at predicting the future today as we think about
18:16
Speaker 1: this game against the Packers, We're going to try to
18:18
Speaker 1: think what we think the headlines will be on Monday. So, Brian,
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Speaker 1: when you're looking forward to Monday, what do you think
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Speaker 1: we'll be talking about?
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Speaker 3: Well?
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Speaker 4: I left the locker room yesterday with the distinct sense
18:27
Speaker 4: that this team understood what was in front of them.
18:29
Speaker 4: Not just the fact that the Packers are five and
18:31
Speaker 4: two and they start a stretch with the Eagles and
18:33
Speaker 4: the Vikings and the Texans and the Lions, but that
18:36
Speaker 4: they're capable if they dial in and play their best football,
18:40
Speaker 4: which they haven't done yet this year. So just the sense,
18:45
Speaker 4: the commitment level, right, the purpose that I heard in guys' voices.
18:49
Speaker 4: I say, they're not packing it in right. The rest
18:51
Speaker 4: of the league may say, well, they're two and five,
18:53
Speaker 4: and you saw this week that there was all sorts
18:55
Speaker 4: of proposed trades for the Jaguars because they couldn't think
18:58
Speaker 4: too far forward. They might as well load Christian Kirk
19:01
Speaker 4: or whoever. This team's not packing it in U And
19:04
Speaker 4: that is my headline for Monday. I listen, we all
19:11
Speaker 4: believe this team would be a contender to what level.
19:14
Speaker 4: We weren't sure based on the way last season ended.
19:17
Speaker 4: We weren't entirely stupid. Because they start to and five,
19:20
Speaker 4: there's on this team. So I'm gonna I'm gonna double
19:26
Speaker 4: down here and say that we see with some guys
19:28
Speaker 4: coming back, we starting to see more of what this
19:30
Speaker 4: team is capable of playing like uh and and the
19:34
Speaker 4: Drags are happy on Monday.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I have a feeling, right.
19:37
Speaker 7: I went with maybe just maybe because I'm I'm predicting
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Speaker 7: a win and you know, I think they're in a
19:44
Speaker 7: tough situation the Jags, because they are getting better and
19:48
Speaker 7: they're playing more like themselves, they're also coming up on
19:51
Speaker 7: a very difficult stage of the schedule that their best
19:56
Speaker 7: at times may not be good enough because they're playing
19:58
Speaker 7: other teams, but also are their best.
20:01
Speaker 6: But I think they'll play well Sunday.
20:02
Speaker 7: I think they'll pull out because they're at home, and
20:05
Speaker 7: then maybe, just maybe they can get back in. And
20:07
Speaker 7: I've been saying all week, this is a chance to
20:10
Speaker 7: give themselves a chance. It doesn't mean they're in the
20:13
Speaker 7: playoff race. We still can't talk playoffs next week at
20:16
Speaker 7: three and five, but it at least gets it to
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Speaker 7: where maybe one more and you can talk about it.
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Speaker 5: So I think they'll play well. I wonder I worry
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Speaker 5: that they started too late, and I hope I'm wrong.
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Speaker 4: Well, if they get to win, we're talking about the
20:32
Speaker 4: next week, and if they don't, then all of a sudden,
20:34
Speaker 4: everyone else starts talking about free agency and the draft
20:38
Speaker 4: and all that stuff. You know, it's much better for
20:40
Speaker 4: them to win this week, Yes it is.
20:42
Speaker 5: Let's hope that's true.
20:43
Speaker 1: I went with it's a trap because as much as
20:46
Speaker 1: I don't think trap games are fully true, I do
20:49
Speaker 1: think sometimes people when they are contending, can look ahead
20:52
Speaker 1: in their schedule, specifically at other you know, division games
20:55
Speaker 1: at which the Packers have coming up, and I don't
20:58
Speaker 1: think they will overlook the Jaguars comp But if I
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Speaker 1: think the Jaguars come out to the strength that they can,
21:03
Speaker 1: especially with some of these defensive players that they are
21:05
Speaker 1: hopefully getting back this week, I think if you come
21:08
Speaker 1: out and you look a little bit different than maybe
21:09
Speaker 1: they've looked on tape, I think that sometimes takes a
21:12
Speaker 1: little while to get adjusted to you. I'm not saying
21:14
Speaker 1: the Packers can't win that game by any means, but
21:16
Speaker 1: I think if the Jaguars come out look a little
21:18
Speaker 1: bit more feisty than they have in some of these
21:20
Speaker 1: other matchups, that this will be close and down.
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Speaker 6: To the wire.
21:23
Speaker 4: Last time the Jaguars beat the Green Bay Packers was
21:26
Speaker 4: two thousand and eight. It was the first year that
21:28
Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers was the starting quarterback, so it's been a while.
21:32
Speaker 4: It would be good for this team to beat this
21:35
Speaker 4: heritage team. And by the way, when the Packers travel,
21:39
Speaker 4: they travel well, it will be there. Probably there will
21:42
Speaker 4: be a lot of Green Bay fans in attendance. So
21:44
Speaker 4: it would be nice to get up, give yourself a
21:46
Speaker 4: chance to get the win and send them all home.
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Speaker 1: Quiet, take them out of the take them out, take
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Speaker 11: Watching him play, you know electric, you know, getting to
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Speaker 11: the ball, they call him missile and all that stuff.
22:28
Speaker 11: You know, it's just definitely contagious, the nage that he brings,
22:30
Speaker 11: you know, still a young guy. Uh, just kind of
22:32
Speaker 11: teaches him the nuances of the game. That's all he
22:34
Speaker 11: really needs now, just understanding you know, where they're attacking
22:37
Speaker 11: him and stuff. But bright spot for sure, and just
22:39
Speaker 11: keep building on his game is gonna be a light
22:41
Speaker 11: Syle player, so I'm gonna enjoy, you know, continue to
22:44
Speaker 11: teach him and play alongside of him. Obviously, we have
22:47
Speaker 11: a talented linebacker room. We got Devin he's playing well too,
22:50
Speaker 11: so really watching them gonna make me step my.
22:52
Speaker 5: Own game up.
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Speaker 1: Boy Luik and activated practicing again him with the team.
22:56
Speaker 1: Talking about Ventrel Miller there and the energy to missile.
22:59
Speaker 1: That's a good nickname. I hadn't heard that before, so
23:01
Speaker 1: that's a good one. He does fly around the field
23:03
Speaker 1: like a missile. And also Ventrell was in the background
23:05
Speaker 1: listening to all the confidence was just cheasing like this,
23:08
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see Ventrell. He's actually gonna be
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Speaker 1: at All Access tonight, so if you want to string
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Speaker 1: sports free, he'll be great. John, who are you talking
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Speaker 1: to this week?
23:16
Speaker 7: Talking to Tank Bigsbie, So we're both talking to your players,
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Speaker 7: Tank and the Missile.
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Speaker 4: And I talked to Matt House, the linebackers coach, about
23:24
Speaker 4: Foyer's return and the rise of Ventrell Miller. So it's
23:28
Speaker 4: all time, very good.
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Speaker 1: We love that all right, enjoy the game on Sunday
23:31
Speaker 1: against the Packers. We'll be back on Monday to recap
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