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Jaguars Reporters: Tuesday, July 30 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Jaguars Reporters, the Media round Table show
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  Speaker 1: that takes a look at head for the next time
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars take the field. And now Peters Brian Sexton,
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  Speaker 1: it's throwback here year, right. I mean, Joe just wanted
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  Speaker 1: to throw that one out about do you know what
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  Speaker 1: I miss and missed that music? Uh that Joe? Can
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  Speaker 1: you play that music again real quick? Do some people
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  Speaker 1: can hear it? That was our theme music. That was
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars Radio Networks original theme music. And I can
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  Speaker 1: remember a bunch of us getting on an airplane and
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  Speaker 1: going out to Los Angeles to meet with the composer
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  Speaker 1: and to listen to ideas. And he's got a special
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  Speaker 1: place for me. I haven't heard any big budget well
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  Speaker 1: back in the day when you were doing everything the
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  Speaker 1: first time, you did it right, um, you know, And
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  Speaker 1: and I obviously have been in John do a degree
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of stories about those years and every
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  Speaker 1: single thing that we that we did, whether it was
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  Speaker 1: the photos you see the photos in the hallway of
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  Speaker 1: up the Jaguar with the football. You know, we went
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  Speaker 1: to New Mexico and took photos at a at a
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars preserved there. The music. Um, we all went to
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  Speaker 1: New York at one point for uniform stuff. It was
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  Speaker 1: a smaller group of people and they just wanted to
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  Speaker 1: input along the way and it was fun. It was
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  Speaker 1: good stuff. The music in particular. We had thirty or
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  Speaker 1: forty different versions of this, you know, stingers and things
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  Speaker 1: like that, and we used it till what Joe, I mean, gosh,
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  Speaker 1: everything right well, and we probably used in fifteen years
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  Speaker 1: bepoorts and the four things started to changeable bit and
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  Speaker 1: they tried to freshen it up in the twenty fifth season.
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  Speaker 1: I think you can bring it back, yeah, I think.
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  Speaker 1: And some of the shows, I think Joe has some
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  Speaker 1: intros with some of the old music before the news
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  Speaker 1: and then those pipes you heard, you know, that's the
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  Speaker 1: legendary Charlie n Dyke who uh. You go to any
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  Speaker 1: major media market in America and turn on a television
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  Speaker 1: station and you'll hear those those chords. I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: guy is just a legend in the voice over. So
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  Speaker 1: they spent a lot of money to you know, to
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  Speaker 1: make it legit. In your early days, you're talking about
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  Speaker 1: coming up from nothing and all of a sudden you're
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  Speaker 1: competing in the NFL. You can't have the guys saying, hey,
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  Speaker 1: welcome to Jacksonville. Time for Jaguars radio show. Maybe we could.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta have Charlie Van Dyke right pretty good though,
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  Speaker 1: I've been listening to you for a while the Alabama.
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  Speaker 1: So that said, we're gonna call this Jaguars Reporters, this podcast.
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  Speaker 1: It's not my show. That's what we are show. It's
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  Speaker 1: everybody's show. It's it's really it's gonna be whoever is
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  Speaker 1: the people, whoever's around and available on a Tuesday, we'll
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  Speaker 1: sit in here and talk about Jaguars things, have pizza. No,
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  Speaker 1: I'll only come up their snacks. Well, see you next
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  Speaker 1: time because we don't know my drivetime partner. Well, so
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  Speaker 1: let's let's start today with I mean, the thing that
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  Speaker 1: stepped to me today and it's not really shocking, is
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey's pretty darn good at the cornerback position. Um.
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  Speaker 1: I think he had four past defenses today. A couple
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  Speaker 1: of those the first two passes in seven on seven
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  Speaker 1: red zone, no chance, He's all over the receiver. And
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  Speaker 1: it just kind of continued the thing. I think the
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  Speaker 1: corners are really having a pretty good start to this camp.
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  Speaker 1: But Jalen I mean just stands out automatically. The thing
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  Speaker 1: that stands out the most to me. I mean obviously
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  Speaker 1: his physical gifts, you know, his height, his length, his athleticism,
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  Speaker 1: I mean all elite. But his focus is also if
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  Speaker 1: you follow him during practice in the way that he
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  Speaker 1: gets out on his island and it's so focused from
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  Speaker 1: snap to snap, drill to drill. And I asked him
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  Speaker 1: this last Friday. Um, his focus is elite when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to being dialed into what he needs to do.
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  Speaker 1: When you combine that focus with his athletic ability, you
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  Speaker 1: get the best corner in football. I think that's what
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  Speaker 1: he is right now. Well, he's above everybody else athletically. UM, so,
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  Speaker 1: which you often have with guys like that. Are they
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  Speaker 1: willing to continue to push themselves in practice to continue
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  Speaker 1: getting better? Uh, even when perhaps they wouldn't need to.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Jalen could easily come out and have just
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  Speaker 1: okay practices and still probably a Pro Bowl guy, still
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  Speaker 1: be great. Nobody would notice. Um, he does have that ability. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He knows he has the ability to transcend the game. UH,
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  Speaker 1: and he's willing to do what it takes to get there.
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  Speaker 1: I think what's intriguing about him this year that really
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been discussed a whole lot. Uh. They went into
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  Speaker 1: pads on Saturday, Jalen looked like he was in pads
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday and Friday. He's so much bigger in the
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  Speaker 1: upper body than he was before. If you start thinking,
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  Speaker 1: as long as you see a guy like that at
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  Speaker 1: a position like well, he he shouldn't be doing that
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  Speaker 1: because it will take away from what else he can do.
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  Speaker 1: It's not taken away at all. You wonder if this
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  Speaker 1: guy is testing the limits on what you can be
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  Speaker 1: physically at this position. He looks like a strong safety physically,
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  Speaker 1: and he's playing corner with the agility and the quickness
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  Speaker 1: that you need to I'm not sure everything and quite
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  Speaker 1: like it. Maybe since Rod Woodson physically that position, mel Blunt,
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  Speaker 1: you're talking all timers. I mean, he was a physical
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  Speaker 1: presence anyway, He was not scared of contact. He'd go
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  Speaker 1: tackle guys already. But if you bulk up a little
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  Speaker 1: bit with that, ash from that kind of brings a
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  Speaker 1: whole different dynamic. Yeah, definitely. I Mean we all heard
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  Speaker 1: the arguments about him not being here for Mini Camp
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  Speaker 1: and all of that, and for o t a s.
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  Speaker 1: But it shows that that training he's doing in Nashville
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  Speaker 1: his dad is exactly the right plan for f Rom
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  Speaker 1: because it's definitely paying off. And he went to Texas
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  Speaker 1: this year, he went to Austin and worked out with
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  Speaker 1: the trainer. And the reason that he goes and does
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  Speaker 1: that is because he trusts those people more than anyone
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  Speaker 1: else to push him. He is willing to be vulnerable
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  Speaker 1: to them and let them tell him exactly what they think,
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  Speaker 1: and in doing so, it makes him better. At least
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  Speaker 1: that's that's the way he explained it last week. I
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  Speaker 1: just want to go back to one thing you said,
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  Speaker 1: what what we're talking about here is a Michael Jordan's
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  Speaker 1: esque competitor, right, a guy that wants to win every
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  Speaker 1: single snap. Jordan used to drive his teammates crazy when
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  Speaker 1: he was with the Bulls because he practiced like it
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  Speaker 1: was the NBA Finals every even in October um and
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  Speaker 1: he lifted everyone up and made them better. And that's
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  Speaker 1: what that's what I think of when I watched Jalen
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  Speaker 1: out there, because he never takes a playoff, he never
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  Speaker 1: takes a moment off. He's always thinking ball, even during
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  Speaker 1: the water breaks. He's over there. You see him having
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  Speaker 1: conversations with different coaches. He never stops, but he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: here in O t s. That makes him a bad guy,
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  Speaker 1: bad guy guy. I'm worn out on it. So that
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  Speaker 1: water moving on down the river there. Let's move along
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  Speaker 1: here to the fastest guy on the field, according to
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  Speaker 1: Doug Morone, rookie linebacker Quincy Williams. Everybody, I mean, you
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  Speaker 1: kind of get the feeling everybody kind of likes him,
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  Speaker 1: that they want him to succeed, they want him to
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  Speaker 1: be good in that position that Telvin Smith left. But
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  Speaker 1: they're really talking this guy up right now. We were
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  Speaker 1: talking about him on the field today. Yeah. I think
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  Speaker 1: by the end of the season, I think I ain
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  Speaker 1: Telvin Smith's absence is going to be a very nine issue,
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  Speaker 1: not just because of Quincy Williams, uh, partially be because
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  Speaker 1: of that, partially because it's it's the weak side linebacker
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  Speaker 1: position where a young player like Quincy Williams, who is fast,
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  Speaker 1: if you have the tools there and you are marginally
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  Speaker 1: aware of what's going on, it is it is a
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  Speaker 1: chase the ball position and react. I have no doubt
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  Speaker 1: that Quincy Williams can do that. Um I don't get
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  Speaker 1: a feeling around here that there is a huge level
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  Speaker 1: of concern about him coming in, And I'm not sure
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  Speaker 1: the defenses is going to drop off very much at
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  Speaker 1: all with that spot, if at all, you don't get
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  Speaker 1: the feeling that there's any concern, because there isn't. When
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  Speaker 1: you watch this guy and I turned to you, go wow,
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  Speaker 1: I mean he shot through the line of scrimmage. You
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  Speaker 1: saw the gap, which, by the way, most rookies don't
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  Speaker 1: identify those gaps as quickly as he did, and then
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  Speaker 1: he got through it. I'm not so sure that if
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  Speaker 1: Telvin Smith wasn't in camp that we wouldn't be talking
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  Speaker 1: about this kid pushing the nine point seven five million
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  Speaker 1: dollar linebacker. Hey look what the Jaguars have found this kid? Um.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that that Mark Collins, the linebackers coach, could
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  Speaker 1: sit here and tell us what he's done wrong. But
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  Speaker 1: when you look at him, he's effortless in the in
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  Speaker 1: stern line of fashion. At no point does this or
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  Speaker 1: has this looked too big for him? No? Absolutely, And
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  Speaker 1: even if you're not on the field for Doug Morone,
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  Speaker 1: who will tell you that he's not an optimistic person
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  Speaker 1: to signal him out, say he's the fastest guy, and
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  Speaker 1: have a positive thing to say. Even if I'm not
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  Speaker 1: on the practice field, I know that he's making a
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  Speaker 1: move because Doug is never like that. He's never going
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  Speaker 1: to signal a guy out and say how great he's
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  Speaker 1: done this. This transition was going to happen in two
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  Speaker 1: thousand twenty anyway, it's a year early. Uh. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think tell one's going to be back no matter what
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  Speaker 1: happened because of his salary. Uh So again, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think it's going to be a huge loss. Telvin didn't
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  Speaker 1: make all that many plays last year, and of course
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  Speaker 1: he had the shoulder injury from the Eagles game that
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  Speaker 1: sort of you know, hindered him throughout the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the season. But I mean Telvin made a few plays
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  Speaker 1: that he made the big play here against the Colts, right, Um,
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  Speaker 1: any of the interception in the game they lost in
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  Speaker 1: Indian Applas, and he had the touchdown in Miami. But
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  Speaker 1: that's not the That's not a ten million dollar linebacker
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  Speaker 1: three plays, Um, John's right this, I mean, this kid
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  Speaker 1: is a guy who is has accelerated moving on. And
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  Speaker 1: you know we've always talked about Telvin Smith being you know,
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  Speaker 1: he was listed at to eighteen, but he was not
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  Speaker 1: to eighteen. This guy getting thick. Quincy Williams is thick.
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  Speaker 1: He's broad. He may not be super tall, but he
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  Speaker 1: can run. And I can't wait to see when the
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  Speaker 1: actual lights come on in Baltimore. This guy go hit somebody.
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  Speaker 1: It's a run and chase position. If he's two inches
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  Speaker 1: shorter than the prootype, he doesn't matter, He'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: Just go get to the ball carrier, for sure. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of moving around on the offensive line. Doug Marone,
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  Speaker 1: you know, said this is going to be the case
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  Speaker 1: in some of these positions, especially early in camp, getting
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  Speaker 1: some guys some reps different places. The way he got
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  Speaker 1: some left tackle reps today. That was the big change
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  Speaker 1: on the offensive line today. They said they have a
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  Speaker 1: plan for Cam Robinson to get back. He wasn't ready
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  Speaker 1: to disclose what that was yet, but at least there
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  Speaker 1: is a plan. That's good. New whose it sounds like.
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  Speaker 1: But you're gonna have different players in different places this
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  Speaker 1: time of year. That's just how it goes, especially on
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line. Well it is, and it seems like
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  Speaker 1: they spent the first three or four days moving stuff
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  Speaker 1: around the right tackle. Uh, at some point clear that
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  Speaker 1: out and let you on Taylor go. Uh. That seems
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  Speaker 1: to be what they're building towards there, Cedric the way
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  Speaker 1: he I'm getting better at the name. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: worked at right tackle originally. I get the idea that
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  Speaker 1: they like what they've seen from him from a first
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  Speaker 1: round pick. Uh. Feels solid there, So it makes sense
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  Speaker 1: if you're clearing that off for Joan Taylor go ahead
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  Speaker 1: and get away. He some left tackle reps. I think
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  Speaker 1: it'll come down to the boy he Josh Wells over
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  Speaker 1: there behind Cam. My only question on that is, I
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  Speaker 1: think Josh Wells is a guy who is a starter level.
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  Speaker 1: He's performed at a starter level. Are they going to
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  Speaker 1: trust that to stay healthy over the maybe the potential
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  Speaker 1: of a boy he that to me as reserves on
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  Speaker 1: this team, That's gonna be sort of the dilemma they have.
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  Speaker 1: Do they trust Josh Welles to stay healthy? So I
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  Speaker 1: read a a blurb from Albert Brier Sports Illustrated yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: and he cited a recent study that the league had
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  Speaker 1: done where players re injure themselves most often in the
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  Speaker 1: first seven to ten days of training camp, which is
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  Speaker 1: a reason and he was talking about teams being cautious
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  Speaker 1: with players coming back from a c L s UM.
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  Speaker 1: When you watch Cam Robinson move, there doesn't appear to
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  Speaker 1: be any reason for him to be cautious. And I've
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  Speaker 1: asked Logoman Baselli seriously, why why, why why is he
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  Speaker 1: not practicing? And I get the sense that we'll get
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  Speaker 1: back from Baltimore and that plan will be get him
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  Speaker 1: going and see if you can get him on the
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  Speaker 1: field for one of the two remaining preseason games, probably
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  Speaker 1: the third preseason game for a couple of snaps, sit
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  Speaker 1: him out the fourth, and see where he is before
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  Speaker 1: the start of the season. They need to get him
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  Speaker 1: some live Remember, he had the injury in late September
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  Speaker 1: and then early October had the surgery, so he should
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  Speaker 1: be further along than he is. I wonder I haven't
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  Speaker 1: had this confirmed. If that study that was circulated has
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  Speaker 1: them being more cautious with him, Marquis you can kind
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  Speaker 1: of understand. Is it much more serious injury? Uh? And
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  Speaker 1: he had it a month later. I wouldn't be surprised
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  Speaker 1: if we don't see Cam two weeks from now practicing.
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  Speaker 1: At least how far that goes, that's up to the
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  Speaker 1: knee and um, you know they have to be ready
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  Speaker 1: just in case. That's why you tried different guys and
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  Speaker 1: left home you may not have tried before. You kind
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  Speaker 1: of cover all your bases here. Yeah. I remember when
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  Speaker 1: Jowan Taylor was drafted, we said, well there's your right
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  Speaker 1: tackle on the first day of training camp, we talked
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  Speaker 1: about it being a battle with Cuchrico boy, he and
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  Speaker 1: Jowan Taylor, and that appears to no longer be about
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  Speaker 1: That's not about that, No, that's that that is. That
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  Speaker 1: is the perfect case of a coach being a coach
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  Speaker 1: and not wanting to hand it. But when you look
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  Speaker 1: at Taylor out there and when you see him no
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  Speaker 1: matter who he's lined up in ends. I mean he
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: locked up with with Wan Smooth the other day and
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  Speaker 1: smooths a big guy. He's not the best pass rusher,
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  Speaker 1: but he's a big guy and he hits. You want
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  Speaker 1: Taylor and I think he bounced off. I mean, Taylor
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  Speaker 1: got those big arms out. Now do you want your
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  Speaker 1: right tackle? And if camp is healthy, he's your left.
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  Speaker 1: You're counting on that, alright, final thoughts today, you guys
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  Speaker 1: got show to my morning right drive time Back in
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  Speaker 1: the studio. What's happening. It's gonna be unbelievable. You're gonna
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  Speaker 1: want to listen to this, don't miss it. Nine o'clock. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: but I sort of. I mean there'll be live footage
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  Speaker 1: from practice during drivetime. I mean, so we'll be talking
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  Speaker 1: Jags and watching Jags at the same time. You don't
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  Speaker 1: get that quite off. That's that's that's a technology. National
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  Speaker 1: has got a little soft shoe number that she's prepared,
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  Speaker 1: song and dance. Okay, Friday drive time, we're inside the
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  Speaker 1: stadium showing you live practice coverage. That'll be pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna want to tune him for that. And that's
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  Speaker 1: how we got tomorrow. We got working on it. We
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  Speaker 1: know we're going to be incredibly creative in the next
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  Speaker 1: couple of hours, So stay like that drive time and
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, drive times in the morning, happy hours, in
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  Speaker 1: the afternoon tomorrow, Chris Connley me you, Oshan and Chris
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  Speaker 1: Connley in the afternoon Wednesday. Ok yeah, you're to talk
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  Speaker 1: to your agent. Okay, John, you have to come into
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  Speaker 1: work tomorrow. Sign yet, check in the map. That'll do it.
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  Speaker 1: First edition of Jaguars Reporters, first of many to come
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  Speaker 1: We'll try to do this each and every Tuesday. Snacks
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  Speaker 1: trash line and they're soft on my shirt from lunch.
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